From 3de1461231102f0b49264fa3346bdee334590fd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 22:59:05 +0000 Subject: Added support for RFC-1725-compliant servers with UIDL and without LAST. svn path=/trunk/; revision=56 --- fetchmail.man | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index cb38b7d8..1fc19b30 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ before retrieving new messages. .B \-f pathname, --poprc pathname Specify an alternate name for the .poprc file. .TP +.B \-i pathname, --idfile pathname +Specify an alternate name for the .popids file. +.TP .B \-k, --keep Keep retrieved messages in folder on remote mailserver. Normally, messages are deleted from the folder on the mailserver after they have been retrieved @@ -530,6 +533,13 @@ was written by Carl Harris at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (a.k.a. Virginia Tech). Version 3.0 was extensively improved by Eric S. Raymond and is now maintained by esr.. .PP +.SH FILES +.TP 5 +~/.poprc +default configuration file +~/.popids +default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen +(used only with newer RFC1725-compliant servers supporting the UIDL command). .SH BUGS .PP The --version option doesn't display MDA arguments. @@ -542,6 +552,8 @@ dies after the first delivery. To cope with this, in daemon mode the delivery mode is automatically switched to append-and-lock if sendmail is the selected delivery agent. This needs to be fixed. .PP +The UIDL support for RFC1725-compliant servers is not yet well tested. +.PP No IMAP or RPOP support yet. .PP Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to Eric S. Raymond @@ -553,4 +565,5 @@ must now be specified either manually or in your .I ~/.poprc file. .SH SEE ALSO -mail(1), binmail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8), RFC 937, RFC 1225. +mail(1), binmail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8), +RFC 937, RFC 1081, RFC 1082, RFC 1225, RFC 1460, RFC 1725. -- cgit v1.2.3