From 421c865ea119bcd58fc9defbb87e8e5596add7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 07:49:50 +0000 Subject: Warn that IDLE is broken. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2868 --- fetchmail.man | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index fa276971..49307bb7 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1988,6 +1988,10 @@ while a background instance is running and break the syntax, the background instance will die silently. Unfortunately, it can't die noisily because we don't yet know whether syslog should be enabled. .PP +The RFC 2177 IDLE support is flaky. It sort of works, but may generate +spurious socket error messages or silently hang in the presence of +various network or server errors. +.PP Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the fetchmail-friends list . An HTML FAQ is available at the fetchmail home page; surf to -- cgit v1.2.3