From 92191aaedaae3e0defcbe2415bdf46a405ad6aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:57:54 +0000 Subject: Compatibility note. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2053 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a77bdc89..9e32c0d3 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -539,6 +539,14 @@ once you have installed the `bind' package.

F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc file no longer work?

+

If your file predates 4.5.5

+ +If the dns option is on (the default), you may need to +make sure that any hostname you specify (for mail hosts or for an SMTP +target) is a canonical fully-qualified hostname). In order to avoid +DNS overhead and complications, fetchmail no longer tries to derive +the fetchmail client machine's canonical DNS name at startup.

+

If your file predates 4.0.6:

Just after the `via' option was introduced, I realized @@ -2101,7 +2109,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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