From 590d575e53ec9818122c124d5765b6343765776a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:42:56 +0000 Subject: Note about mixing server and user options. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1243 --- fetchmail.man | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 957f54d9..46d487bc 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ delimiters in strings. .PP Each server entry consists of one of the keywords `poll' or `skip', followed by a server name, followed by server options, followed by any -number of user descriptions. +number of user descriptions. Note: the most common cause of syntax +errors is mixing up user and server options. .PP For backward compatibility, the word `server' is a synonym for `poll'. .PP @@ -818,6 +819,8 @@ syslog \& T{ Do error logging through syslog(3). T} .TE +.PP +Remember that all user options must \fIfollow\fR all server options. .SS Keywords Not Corresponding To Option Switches .PP The `folder' and `smtphost' options (unlike their command-line -- cgit v1.2.3