From 01ac1377ee68a19f055ca487022c00114df347da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:34:10 +0000 Subject: Added a FAQ entry. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2774 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 8a6ad66b..0c958c25 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ IP address?
C4. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam features?
C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less often than others?
C6. Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script.
+C7. How can I forward mail to another host?.

How to make fetchmail play nice with various MTAs:

@@ -830,9 +831,9 @@ ppp-down scripts of pppd.

C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?

This depends a lot on your local networking configuration (and right -now you can't use it at all except under Linux). However, here are -some important rules of thumb that can help. If they don't work, ask -your local sysop or your Internet provider.

+now you can't use it at all except under Linux and the newer BSDs). However, +here are some important rules of thumb that can help. If they don't +work, ask your local sysop or your Internet provider.

First, you may not need to use --interface at all. If your machine only ever does SLIP or PPP to one provider, it's almost certainly by a @@ -971,6 +972,13 @@ the .fetchmailrc.

Pick a location (such as /etc/fetchmailrc) and use fetchmail's -f option to point fetchmail at it. That should solve the problem.

+

+

C7. How can I forward mail to another host?

+ +To forward mail to a host other than the one you are running fetchmail +on, use the smtphost option. See the manual page for +details.

+

T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

@@ -1707,7 +1715,7 @@ SSH authorized_keys file: command="socket localhost 110",no-port-forwarding 1024 ...... -where "1024 ......" is the content of noddy's identity.pub file. +where "1024 ......" is the content of noddy's identity.pub file.
  • Create a script /usr/local/bin/ssh.fm and make it executable: @@ -2600,7 +2608,7 @@ terminate it.

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