From 97adb78e495ec70eb5926bb778ba01d77843aa45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 02:38:26 +0000 Subject: Added O3. svn path=/trunk/; revision=980 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index f88a0d59..e3d7b5da 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -9,11 +9,9 @@

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

-$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.8 1997/04/17 15:14:34 esr Exp $

+$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.9 1997/05/03 02:38:26 esr Exp $

-(Added B3 on broken makes, C6 -on working with qmail and C7 on managing -fetchmail in the presence of multiple login sessions.)

+(Added O3 on nonexistent logfiles.)

Before reporting any bug, please read G3 for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed @@ -85,6 +83,10 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?
X3. My mail client can't see a Subject line.
X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.
+

Other Problems:

+ +O4. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.
+

Answers:

G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?

@@ -889,7 +891,7 @@ X- headers correctly. If this is your problem, all I can suggest is replacing IDA sendmail, because it's broken and not RFC822 conformant.

-

X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.

+

X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.

If you know the messages aren't split in your server mailbox, then this is a problem with your POP/IMAP server, your client-side SMTP listener or @@ -924,6 +926,16 @@ describing your local delivery agent. Try inserting the `E' option in the flags part (the F= string). This will make sendmail turn each dangerous start-of-line From into a >From, preventing programs further downstream from acting up.

+ +

+

O4. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.

+ +This is a feature, not a bug. It's in line with normal practice for +system daemons and allows you to suppress logging by removing the log, +without hacking potentially fragile startup scripts. To get around +it, just touch(1) the logfile before you run fetchmail (this will have +no effect on the contents of the logfile if it already exists).

+

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