From cc0f8a09d93ed7093792a23218177c141b34f0c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:52:51 +0000 Subject: Add full support for --service option. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4307 --- fetchmail.man | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 19dd9e4c..dbf2f5cd 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -269,16 +269,19 @@ daemon mode. Note that fetchmail may automatically enable this option depending on upstream server capabilities. Note also that this option may be removed and forced enabled in a future fetchmail version. +.TP +.B \-\-service +(Keyword: service) +The service option permits you to specify a service name to connect to. +You can specify a decimal port number here, if your services database +lacks the required service-port assignments. See the FAQ item R12 for +details. This replaces the older \-\-port option. .TP .B \-P | \-\-port (Keyword: port) -The port option permits you to specify a TCP/IP port to connect on. -This option will seldom be necessary as all the supported protocols have -well-established default port numbers. On some older machines, however, -the protocol <\-\-> port mappings are missing from the services database -(often /etc/services), and this port can make fetchmail work for you -even if you don't have system administrator privileges. See the FAQ item -R12 for details. +Obsolete version of \-\-service that does not take service names. +.B Note: +this option may be removed from a future version. .TP .B \-\-principal (Keyword: principal) -- cgit v1.2.3