From a8d1ade70d438ec53966338ce2355c38c7991ab1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:40:53 +0000 Subject: Point user from --ssl to --port. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4300 --- fetchmail.man | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 0c1482e8..19dd9e4c 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -336,11 +336,17 @@ received from. (Keyword: ssl) Causes the connection to the mail server to be encrypted via SSL. Connect to the server using the specified base protocol over a connection secured -by SSL. SSL support must be present at the server. If no port is -specified, the connection is attempted to the well known port of the SSL -version of the base protocol. This is generally a different port than the -port used by the base protocol. For IMAP, this is port 143 for the clear -protocol and port 993 for the SSL secured protocol. +by SSL. SSL support must be present at the server. +.sp +If no port is specified, the connection is attempted to the well known +port of the SSL version of the base protocol. This is generally a +different port than the port used by the base protocol. For IMAP, this +is port 143 for the clear protocol and port 993 for the SSL secured +protocol, for POP3, it is port 110 for the cleartext and port 995 for +the encrypted variant. +.sp +If your system lacks the corresponding entries from /etc/services, see +the \-\-port option. .TP .B \-\-sslcert (Keyword: sslcert) -- cgit v1.2.3