From 54f81620fae6f46c55a930a348008e11c75b4f88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 05:06:19 +0000 Subject: Added `fetchlimit'. svn path=/trunk/; revision=657 --- fetchmail.man | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 27ca7ad8..2cec810f 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Takes a maximum octet size argument. Messages larger than this size will not be fetched, not be marked seen, and will be left on the server (in foreground sessions, the progress messages will note that they are "oversized"). The --all option overrides this one. This -option is intended for those need to strictly control fetch time +option is intended for those needing to strictly control fetch time in interactive mode. It may not be used with daemon mode, as users would never receive a notification that messages were waiting. .TP @@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ shut down to deliver. This may produce annoying delays when is processing very large batches. Setting the batch limit to some nonzero size will prevent these delays. .TP +.B -R, --fetchlimit +Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single +poll. By default there is no limit. +.TP .B \-V, --version Displays the version information for your copy of .I fetchmail. @@ -461,6 +465,8 @@ Legal user options are noflush nofetchall norewrite + limit + fetchlimit .PP All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except four: `aka', `is', `to', `password', and `envelope'. -- cgit v1.2.3