From 48232265f836113745c0534694e65b3c9f8bcfc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 05:59:47 +0000
Subject: Fixed Bill Powers's uid bug.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=1240
---
 fetchmail.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

(limited to 'fetchmail.c')

diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c
index dacf254b..bf866a97 100644
--- a/fetchmail.c
+++ b/fetchmail.c
@@ -369,29 +369,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		    continue;
 #endif /* linux */
 
-		/*
-		 *
-		 * Compute the true name of the mailserver host.  
-		 * There are two clashing cases here:
-		 *
-		 * (1) The poll name is a label, possibly on one of several
-		 *     poll configurations for the same host.  In this case 
-		 *     the `via' option will be present and give the true name.
-		 *
-		 * (2) The poll name is the true one, the via name is 
-		 *     localhost.   This is going to be typical for ssh-using
-		 *     configurations.
-		 *
-		 * We're going to assume the via name is true unless it's
-		 * localhost.
-		 *
-		 * Then, if we've got DNS, we'll try to canonicalize the name.
-		 */
-		if (ctl->server.via && strcmp(ctl->server.via, "localhost"))
-		    ctl->server.truename = xstrdup(ctl->server.via);
-		else
-		    ctl->server.truename = xstrdup(ctl->server.pollname);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
 		/*
 		 * This functions partly as a probe to make sure our
@@ -404,7 +381,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 		    /* compute the canonical name of the host */
 		    errno = 0;
-		    namerec = gethostbyname(ctl->server.truename);
+		    namerec = gethostbyname(ctl->server.queryname);
 		    if (namerec == (struct hostent *)NULL)
 		    {
 			error(0, errno,
@@ -644,6 +621,32 @@ static int load_params(int argc, char **argv, int optind)
 	    DEFAULT(ctl->server.uidl, FALSE);
 #undef DEFAULT
 
+	    /*
+	     *
+	     * Compute the true name of the mailserver host.  
+	     * There are two clashing cases here:
+	     *
+	     * (1) The poll name is a label, possibly on one of several
+	     *     poll configurations for the same host.  In this case 
+	     *     the `via' option will be present and give the true name.
+	     *
+	     * (2) The poll name is the true one, the via name is 
+	     *     localhost.   This is going to be typical for ssh-using
+	     *     configurations.
+	     *
+	     * We're going to assume the via name is true unless it's
+	     * localhost.
+	     *
+	     * Each poll cycle, if we've got DNS, we'll try to canonicalize
+	     * the name.  This will function as a probe to ensure the
+	     * host's nameserver is up.
+	     */
+	    if (ctl->server.via && strcmp(ctl->server.via, "localhost"))
+		ctl->server.queryname = xstrdup(ctl->server.via);
+	    else
+		ctl->server.queryname = xstrdup(ctl->server.pollname);
+	    ctl->server.truename = xstrdup(ctl->server.queryname);
+
 	    /* plug in the semi-standard way of indicating a mail address */
 	    if (ctl->server.envelope == (char *)NULL)
 		ctl->server.envelope = "X-Envelope-To:";
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