.B \-s | \-\-silent
Silent mode. Suppresses all progress/status messages that are
normally echoed to standard output during a fetch (but does not
-suppress actual error messages). The --verbose option overrides this.
+suppress actual error messages). The \-\-verbose option overrides this.
.TP
.B \-v | \-\-verbose
Verbose mode. All control messages passed between
.I fetchmail
-and the mailserver are echoed to stdout. Overrides --silent.
-Doubling this option (-v -v) causes extra diagnostic information
+and the mailserver are echoed to stdout. Overrides \-\-silent.
+Doubling this option (\-v \-v) causes extra diagnostic information
to be printed.
.SS Disposal Options
.TP
Retrieve both old (seen) and new messages from the mailserver. The
default is to fetch only messages the server has not marked seen.
Under POP3, this option also forces the use of RETR rather than TOP.
-Note that POP2 retrieval behaves as though --all is always on (see
+Note that POP2 retrieval behaves as though \-\-all is always on (see
RETRIEVAL FAILURE MODES below) and this option does not work with ETRN
or ODMR.
.TP
your local MTA hangs and fetchmail is aborted, the next time you run
fetchmail, it will delete mail that was never delivered to you. You
should probably not use this option in your configuration file. What you
-probably want is the default setting: if you don't specify '-k', then
+probably want is the default setting: if you don't specify '\-k', then
fetchmail will automatically delete messages after successful
delivery. This option does not work with ETRN and ODMR.
.TP
.B \-\-limitflush
POP3/IMAP only, since version 6.3.0. Delete oversized messages from the
mailserver before retrieving new messages. The size limit should be
-separately sepecified with the --limit option. This option does not
+separately sepecified with the \-\-limit option. This option does not
work with ETRN or ODMR.
.SS Protocol and Query Options
.TP
may be removed and forced enabled in a future fetchmail version.
.TP
-.B \-\-service <servicename>
+.B \-P <portnumber> | \-\-service <servicename>
(Keyword: service) Since version 6.3.0.
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
the \-\-ssl documentation for details. This replaces the older \-\-port
option.
.TP
-.B \-
P <portnumber> | \-\-port <portnumber>
+.B \-\-port <portnumber>
(Keyword: port)
Obsolete version of \-\-service that does not take service names.
.B Note:
\fIfetchmail\fR will hang up on it. Without such a timeout
\fIfetchmail\fR might hang up indefinitely trying to fetch mail from a
down host. This would be particularly annoying for a \fIfetchmail\fR
-running in background. There is a default timeout which fetchmail\~-V
+running in background. There is a default timeout which fetchmail\~\-V
will report. If a given connection receives too many timeouts in
succession, fetchmail will consider it wedged and stop retrying,
the calling user will be notified by email if this happens.
try:
.sp
.nf
- openssl x509 -in cert.pem -noout -fingerprint
+ openssl x509 \-in cert.pem \-noout \-fingerprint
.fi
.sp
For details, see
Example:
.sp
.nf
- --smtphost server1,server2/2525,server3,/var/imap/socket/lmtp
+ \-\-smtphost server1,server2/2525,server3,/var/imap/socket/lmtp
.fi
.sp
This option can be used with ODMR, and will make fetchmail a relay
.B \-D <domain> | \-\-smtpaddress <domain>
(Keyword: smtpaddress) Specify the domain to be appended to addresses
in RCPT TO lines shipped to SMTP. When this is not specified, the name
-of the SMTP server (as specified by --smtphost) is used for SMTP/LMTP
+of the SMTP server (as specified by \-\-smtphost) is used for SMTP/LMTP
and 'localhost' is used for UNIX socket/BSMTP.
.TP
.B \-\-smtpname <user@domain>
.B \-Z <nnn> | \-\-antispam <nnn[, nnn]...>
(Keyword: antispam)
Specifies the list of numeric SMTP errors that are to be interpreted
-as a spam-block response from the listener. A value of -1 disables
+as a spam-block response from the listener. A value of \-1 disables
this option. For the command-line option, the list values should
be comma-separated.
.TP
.B \-m <command> | \-\-mda <command>
(Keyword: mda) You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly
-(rather than forwarded to port 25) with the --mda or -m option. To
+(rather than forwarded to port 25) with the \-\-mda or \-m option. To
avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like maildrop or
MTAs like sendmail that return a nonzero status on disk-full and other
resource-exhaustion errors; the nonzero status tells fetchmail that
delivery failed and prevents the message from being deleted off the
server. If \fIfetchmail\fR is running as root, it sets its user id to
that of the target user while delivering mail through an MDA. Some
-possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -f %F %T", "/usr/bin/deliver"
-and "/usr/bin/maildrop -d %T". Local delivery
+possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail \-i \-f %F %T", "/usr/bin/deliver"
+and "/usr/bin/maildrop \-d %T". Local delivery
addresses will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a
%T; the mail message's From address will be inserted where you place
an %F. \fBDO NOT ENCLOSE THE %F OR %T STRING IN SINGLE QUOTES!\fR For
both %T and %F, fetchmail encloses the addresses in single quotes ('),
after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA
command is passed to the shell. Do \fINOT\fR use an MDA invocation
-like "sendmail -i -t" that dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it
+like "sendmail \-i \-t" that dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it
will create mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters
down upon your head. Also, do \fInot\fR try to combine multidrop
mode with an MDA such as maildrop or procmail that can only accept one
(keyword: bsmtp)
Append fetched mail to a BSMTP file. This simply contains the SMTP
commands that would normally be generated by fetchmail when passing
-mail to an SMTP listener daemon. An argument of '-' causes the mail
+mail to an SMTP listener daemon. An argument of '\-' causes the mail
to be written to standard output. Note that fetchmail's
reconstruction of MAIL FROM and RCPT TO lines is not guaranteed
correct; the caveats discussed under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP
IMAP or POP3 without the fetchall option) the message will not be
marked seen.
.sp
-An explicit --limit of 0 overrides any limits set in your
+An explicit \-\-limit of 0 overrides any limits set in your
run control file. This option is intended for those needing to
strictly control fetch time due to expensive and variable phone rates.
.sp
-Combined with --limitflush, it can be used to delete oversized
+Combined with \-\-limitflush, it can be used to delete oversized
messages waiting on a server. In daemon mode, oversize notifications
-are mailed to the calling user (see the --warnings option). This
+are mailed to the calling user (see the \-\-warnings option). This
option does not work with ETRN or ODMR.
.TP
.B \-w <interval> | \-\-warnings <interval>
(Keyword: batchlimit)
Specify the maximum number of messages that will be shipped to an SMTP
listener before the connection is deliberately torn down and rebuilt
-(defaults to 0, meaning no limit). An explicit --batchlimit of 0
+(defaults to 0, meaning no limit). An explicit \-\-batchlimit of 0
overrides any limits set in your run control file. While
\fBsendmail\fR(8) normally initiates delivery of a message immediately
after receiving the message terminator, some SMTP listeners are not so
.B \-B <number> | \-\-fetchlimit <number>
(Keyword: fetchlimit)
Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single
-poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit --fetchlimit of 0
+poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit \-\-fetchlimit of 0
overrides any limits set in your run control file.
This option does not work with ETRN or ODMR.
.TP
is connected to an alternate ISP), your username and password may be
vulnerable to snooping (especially when daemon mode automatically polls
for mail, shipping a clear password over the net at predictable
-intervals). The --interface option may be used to prevent this. When
+intervals). The \-\-interface option may be used to prevent this. When
the specified link is not up or is not connected to a matching IP
address, polling will be skipped. The format is:
.sp
AUTHENTICATION below for details). The possible values are \fBany\fR,
\&\fBpassword\fR, \fBkerberos_v5\fR, \fBkerberos\fR (or, for
excruciating exactness, \fBkerberos_v4\fR), \fBgssapi\fR,
-\fBcram-md5\fR, \fBotp\fR, \fBntlm\fR, \fBmsn\fR (only for POP3) and
+\fBcram\-md5\fR, \fBotp\fR, \fBntlm\fR, \fBmsn\fR (only for POP3) and
\fBssh\fR. When \fBany\fR (the default) is specified, fetchmail tries
first methods that don't require a password (GSSAPI, KERBEROS\ IV,
KERBEROS\ 5); then it looks for methods that mask your password
-(CRAM-MD5, X-OTP - note that NTLM and MSN are not autoprobed for POP3
+(CRAM-MD5, X\-OTP - note that NTLM and MSN are not autoprobed for POP3
and MSN is only supported for POP3); and only if the server doesn't
support any of those will it ship your password en clair. Other values
may be used to force various authentication methods
(\fBssh\fR suppresses authentication and is thus good for IMAP PREAUTH).
-Any value other than \fBpassword\fR, \fBcram-md5\fR, \fBntlm\fR,
+Any value other than \fBpassword\fR, \fBcram\-md5\fR, \fBntlm\fR,
\&\fBmsn\fR or \fBotp\fR suppresses fetchmail's normal inquiry for a
password. Specify \fBssh\fR when you are using an end-to-end secure
connection such as an ssh tunnel; specify \fBgssapi\fR or
.I ~/.fetchmailrc
run control file. The pathname argument must be either "-" (a single
dash, meaning to read the configuration from standard input) or a
-filename. Unless the --version option is also on, a named file
+filename. Unless the \-\-version option is also on, a named file
argument must have permissions no more open than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) or
else be /dev/null.
.TP
(Keyword: no rewrite)
Normally,
.I fetchmail
-edits RFC-822 address headers (To, From, Cc, Bcc, and Reply-To) in
+edits RFC-822 address headers (To, From, Cc, Bcc, and Reply\-To) in
fetched mail so that any mail IDs local to the server are expanded to
full addresses (@ and the mailserver hostname are appended). This enables
replies on the client to get addressed correctly (otherwise your
This option changes the header
.I fetchmail
assumes will carry a copy of the mail's envelope address. Normally
-this is 'X-Envelope-To' but as this header is not standard, practice
+this is 'X\-Envelope\-To', but as this header is not standard, practice
varies. See the discussion of multidrop address handling below. As a
special case, 'envelope "Received"' enables parsing of sendmail-style
Received lines. This is the default, and it should not be necessary
redirection provider) is using qmail.
One of the basic features of qmail is the
.sp
-\&'Delivered-To:'
+\&'Delivered\-To:'
.sp
message header. Whenever qmail delivers a message to a local mailbox
it puts the username and hostname of the envelope recipient on this
add a prefix to all mail addresses for this site. This results in mail
.\" The \&@\& tries to stop HTML converters from making a mailto URL here.
sent to 'username\&@\&userhost.userdom.dom.com' having a
-\&'Delivered-To:' line of the form:
+\&'Delivered\-To:' line of the form:
.sp
-Delivered-To: mbox-userstr-username\&@\&userhost.userdom.dom.com
+Delivered\-To: mbox\-userstr\-username\&@\&userhost.example.com
.sp
-The ISP can make the 'mbox-userstr-' prefix anything they choose
+The ISP can make the 'mbox\-userstr\-' prefix anything they choose
but a string matching the user host name is likely.
-By using the option 'envelope Delivered-To:' you can make fetchmail reliably
+By using the option 'envelope Delivered\-To:' you can make fetchmail reliably
identify the original envelope recipient, but you have to strip the
-\&'mbox-userstr-' prefix to deliver to the correct user.
+'mbox\-userstr\-' prefix to deliver to the correct user.
This is what this option is for.
.TP
-.B --configdump
+.B \-\-configdump
Parse the
.I ~/.fetchmailrc
file, interpret any command-line options specified, and dump a
written in Python.
.SS Removed Options
.TP
-.B -T | --netsec
+.B \-T | \-\-netsec
Removed before version 6.3.0, the required underlying inet6_apps library
had been discontinued and is no longer available.
If you use the same login name on both the server and the client machines,
you needn't worry about specifying a user-id with the
.B \-u
-option \-\- the default behavior is to use your login name on the
+option -- the default behavior is to use your login name on the
client machine as the user-id on the server machine. If you use a
different login name on the server machine, specify that login name
with the
.I fetchmail
as follows:
.IP
-fetchmail -u jsmith mailgrunt
+fetchmail \-u jsmith mailgrunt
.PP
The default behavior of
.I fetchmail
.SS Alternate authentication forms
.PP
If your \fIfetchmail\fR was built with Kerberos support and you specify
-Kerberos authentication (either with --auth or the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR
+Kerberos authentication (either with \-\-auth or the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR
option \fBauthenticate kerberos_v4\fR) it will try to get a Kerberos
ticket from the mailserver at the start of each query. Note: if
either the pollname or via name is 'hesiod', fetchmail will try to use
capability, and will use it. Currently this has only been tested over
Kerberos V, so you're expected to already have a ticket-granting
ticket. You may pass a username different from your principal name
-using the standard \fB--user\fR command or by the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR
+using the standard \fB\-\-user\fR command or by the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR
option \fBuser\fR.
.PP
If your IMAP daemon returns the PREAUTH response in its greeting line,
username and the part to the right as the NTLM domain.
.SS Secure Socket Layers (SSL)
.PP
-You can access SSL encrypted services by specifying the --ssl option.
+You can access SSL encrypted services by specifying the \-\-ssl option.
You can also do this using the "ssl" server option in the .fetchmailrc
file. With SSL encryption enabled, queries are initiated over a connection
after negotiating an SSL session. Some services, such as POP3 and IMAP,
.PP
Simply invoking
.IP
-fetchmail -d 900
+fetchmail \-d 900
.PP
will, therefore, poll all the hosts described in your
.I ~/.fetchmailrc
file by saying 'set daemon <interval>', where <interval> is an
integer number of seconds. If you do this, fetchmail will always
start in daemon mode unless you override it with the command-line
-option --daemon 0 or -d0.
+option \-\-daemon 0 or \-d0.
.PP
Only one daemon process is permitted per user; in daemon mode,
.I fetchmail
The
.B \-N
or
-.B --nodetach
+.B \-\-nodetach
option suppresses backgrounding and detachment of the
daemon process from its control terminal. This is useful
for debugging or when fetchmail runs as the child of a supervisor
this, though it's not specified by the IMAP RFCs. If you ever trip over
a server that doesn't, the symptom will be that messages you have
already read on your host will look new to the server. In this
-(unlikely) case, only messages you fetched with \fIfetchmail --keep\fR
+(unlikely) case, only messages you fetched with \fIfetchmail \-\-keep\fR
will be both undeleted and marked old.
.PP
In ETRN and ODMR modes, \fIfetchmail\fR does not actually retrieve messages;
your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not normally have more than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) permissions;
.I fetchmail
will complain and exit otherwise (this check is suppressed when
---version is on).
+\-\-version is on).
.PP
You may read the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR file as a list of commands to
be executed when
.SS Keyword/Option Summary
Here are the legal options. Keyword suffixes enclosed in
square brackets are optional. Those corresponding to short command-line
-options are followed by '-' and the appropriate option letter. If
+options are followed by '\-' and the appropriate option letter. If
option is only relevant to a single mode of operation, it is noted as
's' or 'm' for singledrop- or multidrop-mode, respectively.
l l l lw34.
Keyword Opt Mode Function
_
-set daemon -d \& T{
+set daemon \-d \& T{
Set a background poll interval in seconds.
T}
set postmaster \& \& T{
is sent with false sender address and thus this option hurts innocent
bystanders.
T}
-set logfile -L \& T{
+set logfile \-L \& T{
Name of a file to append error and status messages to.
T}
-set idfile -i \& T{
+set idfile \-i \& T{
Name of the file to store UID lists in.
T}
set syslog \& \& T{
via \& \& T{
Specify DNS name of mailserver, overriding poll name
T}
-proto[col] -p \& T{
+proto[col] \-p \& T{
Specify protocol (case insensitive):
POP2, POP3, IMAP, APOP, KPOP
T}
port \& T{
Specify TCP/IP service port (obsolete, use 'service' instead).
T}
-service -P \& T{
+service \-P \& T{
Specify service name (a numeric value is also allowed and
considered a TCP/IP port number).
T}
auth[enticate] \& \& T{
Set authentication type (default 'any')
T}
-timeout -t \& T{
+timeout \-t \& T{
Server inactivity timeout in seconds (default 300)
T}
-envelope -E m T{
+envelope \-E m T{
Specify envelope-address header name
T}
no envelope \& m T{
Disable looking for envelope address
T}
-qvirtual -Q m T{
+qvirtual \-Q m T{
Qmail virtual domain prefix to remove from user name
T}
aka \& m T{
Specify alternate DNS names of mailserver
T}
-interface -I \& T{
+interface \-I \& T{
specify IP interface(s) that must be up for server poll to take place
T}
-monitor -M \& T{
+monitor \-M \& T{
Specify IP address to monitor for activity
T}
plugin \& \& T{
no checkalias \& m T{
Do comparison by name for multidrop (default)
T}
-uidl -U \& T{
+uidl \-U \& T{
Force POP3 to use client-side UIDLs (recommended)
T}
no uidl \& \& T{
l l l lw34.
Keyword Opt Mode Function
_
-user[name] -u \& T{
+user[name] \-u \& T{
Set remote user name
(local user name if name followed by 'here')
T}
sslproto \& \& T{
Force ssl protocol for connection
T}
-folder -r \& T{
+folder \-r \& T{
Specify remote folder to query
T}
-smtphost -S \& T{
+smtphost \-S \& T{
Specify smtp host(s) to forward to
T}
fetchdomains \& m T{
Specify domains for which mail should be fetched
T}
-smtpaddress -D \& T{
+smtpaddress \-D \& T{
Specify the domain to be put in RCPT TO lines
T}
smtpname \& \& T{
Specify the user and domain to be put in RCPT TO lines
T}
-antispam -Z \& T{
+antispam \-Z \& T{
Specify what SMTP returns are interpreted as spam-policy blocks
T}
-mda -m \& T{
+mda \-m \& T{
Specify MDA for local delivery
T}
-bsmtp -o \& T{
+bsmtp \-o \& T{
Specify BSMTP batch file to append to
T}
preconnect \& \& T{
postconnect \& \& T{
Command to be executed after each connection
T}
-keep -k \& T{
+keep \-k \& T{
Don't delete seen messages from server
T}
-flush -F \& T{
+flush \-F \& T{
Flush all seen messages before querying (DANGEROUS)
T}
limitflush \& \& T{
Flush all oversized messages before querying
T}
-fetchall -a \& T{
+fetchall \-a \& T{
Fetch all messages whether seen or not
T}
rewrite \& \& T{
idle \& \& T{
Idle waiting for new messages after each poll (IMAP only)
T}
-no keep -K \& T{
+no keep \-K \& T{
Delete seen messages from server (default)
T}
no flush \& \& T{
Don't drop Status headers (default)
T}
no dropdelivered \& \& T{
-Don't drop Delivered-To headers (default)
+Don't drop Delivered\-To headers (default)
T}
no mimedecode \& \& T{
Don't convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages (default)
no idle \& \& T{
Don't idle waiting for new messages after each poll (IMAP only)
T}
-limit -l \& T{
+limit \-l \& T{
Set message size limit
T}
-warnings -w \& T{
+warnings \-w \& T{
Set message size warning interval
T}
-batchlimit -b \& T{
+batchlimit \-b \& T{
Max # messages to forward in single connect
T}
-fetchlimit -B \& T{
+fetchlimit \-B \& T{
Max # messages to fetch in single connect
T}
fetchsizelimit \& \& T{
fastuidl \& \& T{
Use binary search for first unseen message (POP3 only)
T}
-expunge -e \& T{
+expunge \-e \& T{
Perform an expunge on every #th message (IMAP and POP3 only)
T}
properties \& \& T{
.PP
The 'dns' option (normally on) controls the way addresses from
multidrop mailboxes are checked. On, it enables logic to check each
-host address that doesn't match an 'aka' or 'localdomains' declaration
+host address that does not match an 'aka' or 'localdomains' declaration
by looking it up with DNS. When a mailserver username is recognized
attached to a matching hostname part, its local mapping is added to
the list of local recipients.
Status line in it has been seen. (Note: the empty Status lines
inserted by some buggy POP servers are unconditionally discarded.)
.PP
-The 'dropdelivered' option controls whether Delivered-To headers will
+The 'dropdelivered' option controls whether Delivered\-To headers will
be kept in fetched mail (the default) or discarded. These headers are
added by Qmail and Postfix mailservers in order to avoid mail loops but
may get in your way if you try to "mirror" a mailserver within the same
The 'properties' option is an extension mechanism. It takes a string
argument, which is ignored by fetchmail itself. The string argument may be
used to store configuration information for scripts which require it.
-In particular, the output of '--configdump' option will make properties
+In particular, the output of '\-\-configdump' option will make properties
associated with a user entry readily available to a Python script.
.PP
.SS Miscellaneous Run Control Options
.sp
.PP
Legal authentication types are 'any', 'password', 'kerberos',
-\&'kerberos_v4', 'kerberos_v5' and 'gssapi', 'cram-md5', 'otp', 'msn'
+\&'kerberos_v4', 'kerberos_v5' and 'gssapi', 'cram\-md5', 'otp', 'msn'
(only for POP3), 'ntlm', 'ssh'. The 'password' type specifies
authentication by normal transmission of a password (the password may be
plain text or subject to protocol-specific encryption as in APOP);
authentication. These defaults may be overridden by later options.
.PP
There are some global option statements: 'set logfile'
-followed by a string sets the same global specified by --logfile. A
-command-line --logfile option will override this. Note that --logfile is
+followed by a string sets the same global specified by \-\-logfile. A
+command-line \-\-logfile option will override this. Note that \-\-logfile is
only effective if fetchmail detaches itself from the terminal. Also,
-'set daemon' sets the poll interval as --daemon does. This can be
-overridden by a command-line --daemon option; in particular --daemon 0
+'set daemon' sets the poll interval as \-\-daemon does. This can be
+overridden by a command-line \-\-daemon option; in particular \-\-daemon\~0
can be used to force foreground operation. The 'set postmaster'
statement sets the address to which multidrop mail defaults if there are
no local matches. Finally, 'set syslog' sends log messages to
2. The shell environment that starts fetchmail needs to enable core
dumps. The key is the "maximum core (file) size" that can usually be
configured with a tool named "limit" or "ulimit". See the documentation
-for your shell for details. In the popular bash shell, "ulimit -Sc
+for your shell for details. In the popular bash shell, "ulimit \-Sc
unlimited" will allow the core dump.
3. You need to tell fetchmail, too, to allow core dumps. To do
Then fetchmail looks for the Resent-To:, Resent-Cc:, and Resent-Bcc:
lines. If they exist, they should contain the final recipients and
-have precedence over their To:/Cc:/Bcc: counterparts. If the Resent-*
+have precedence over their To:/Cc:/Bcc: counterparts. If the Resent\-*
lines don't exist, the To:, Cc:, Bcc: and Apparently-To: lines are
-looked for. (The presence of a Resent-To: is taken to imply that the
+looked for. (The presence of a Resent\-To: is taken to imply that the
person referred by the To: address has already received the original
copy of the mail.)
header. But this doesn't work reliably for other MTAs, nor if there is
more than one recipient. By default, \fIfetchmail\fR looks for
envelope addresses in these lines; you can restore this default with
--E "Received" or \&'envelope Received'.
+\&\-E "Received" or \&'envelope Received'.
.PP
.B As a better alternative,
some SMTP listeners and/or mail servers insert a header
in each message containing a copy of the envelope addresses. This
-header (when it exists) is often 'X-Original-To', 'Delivered-To' or
-'X-Envelope-To'. Fetchmail's assumption about this can be changed with
-the -E or 'envelope' option. Note that writing an envelope header of
+header (when it exists) is often 'X\-Original\-To', 'Delivered\-To' or
+'X\-Envelope\-To'. Fetchmail's assumption about this can be changed with
+the \-E or 'envelope' option. Note that writing an envelope header of
this kind exposes the names of recipients (including blind-copy
recipients) to all receivers of the messages, so the upstream must store
one copy of the message per recipient to avoid becoming a privacy problem.
.PP
-Postfix, since version 2.0, writes an X-Original-To: header which
+Postfix, since version 2.0, writes an X\-Original\-To: header which
contains a copy of the envelope as it was received.
.PP
-Qmail and Postfix generally write a 'Delivered-To' header upon
+Qmail and Postfix generally write a 'Delivered\-To' header upon
delivering the message to the mail spool and use it to avoid mail loops.
Qmail virtual domains however will prefix the user name with a string
that normally matches the user's domain. To remove this prefix you can
-use the -Q or 'qvirtual' option.
+use the \-Q or 'qvirtual' option.
.PP
Sometimes, unfortunately, neither of these methods works. That is the
point when you should contact your ISP and ask them to provide such an
A related problem is that when you blind-copy a mail message, the Bcc
information is carried \fIonly\fR as envelope address (it's removed from
the headers by the sending mail server, so fetchmail can see it only if
-there is an X-Envelope-To header). Thus, blind-copying to someone who
+there is an X-\Envelope\-To header). Thus, blind-copying to someone who
gets mail over a fetchmail multidrop link will fail unless the the
-mailserver host routinely writes X-Envelope-To or an equivalent header
+mailserver host routinely writes X\-Envelope\-To or an equivalent header
into messages in your maildrop.
.PP
\fBIn conclusion, mailing lists and Bcc'd mail can only work if the
server you're fetching from (1) stores one copy of the message per
recipient in \fBIyour\fP domain and (2) records the envelope
-information in a special header (X-Original-To, Delivered-To,
-X-Envelope-To).\fR
+information in a special header (X\-Original\-To, Delivered\-To,
+X\-Envelope\-To).\fR
.SS Good Ways To Use Multidrop Mailboxes
Multiple local names can be used to administer a mailing list from the
list called (say) "fetchmail-friends", and you want to keep the alias
list on your client machine.
.PP
-On your server, you can alias \&'fetchmail-friends' to 'esr'; then, in
-your \fI.fetchmailrc\fR, declare \&'to esr fetchmail-friends here'.
-Then, when mail including 'fetchmail-friends' as a local address
+On your server, you can alias \&'fetchmail\-friends' to 'esr'; then, in
+your \fI.fetchmailrc\fR, declare \&'to esr fetchmail\-friends here'.
+Then, when mail including 'fetchmail\-friends' as a local address
gets fetched, the list name will be appended to the list of
recipients your SMTP listener sees. Therefore it will undergo alias
expansion locally. Be sure to include 'esr' in the local alias
-expansion of fetchmail-friends, or you'll never see mail sent only to
+expansion of fetchmail\-friends, or you'll never see mail sent only to
the list. Also be sure that your listener has the "me-too" option set
-(sendmail's -oXm command-line option or OXm declaration) so your name
+(sendmail's \-oXm command-line option or OXm declaration) so your name
isn't removed from alias expansions in messages you send.
.PP
This trick is not without its problems, however. You'll begin to see
this when a message comes in that is addressed only to a mailing list
you do \fInot\fR have declared as a local name. Each such message
-will feature an 'X-Fetchmail-Warning' header which is generated
+will feature an 'X\-Fetchmail\-Warning' header which is generated
because fetchmail cannot find a valid local name in the recipient
addresses. Such messages default (as was described above) to being
sent to the local user running
.I fetchmail
are as follows:
.IP 0
-One or more messages were successfully retrieved (or, if the -c option
+One or more messages were successfully retrieved (or, if the \-c option
was selected, were found waiting but not retrieved).
.IP 1
There was no mail awaiting retrieval. (There may have been old mail still
.IP 12
BSMTP batch file could not be opened.
.IP 13
-Poll terminated by a fetch limit (see the --fetchlimit option).
+Poll terminated by a fetch limit (see the \-\-fetchlimit option).
.IP 14
Server busy indication.
.IP 15
zombies accumulate. So either don't deliver to a MDA using plugins or
risk being overrun by an army of undead.
.PP
-The --interface option does not support IPv6 and it is doubtful if it
+The \-\-interface option does not support IPv6 and it is doubtful if it
ever will, since there is no portable way to query interface IPv6
addresses.
.PP
unencrypted passwords over the TCP/IP connection to the mailserver.
This creates a risk that name/password pairs might be snaffled with a
packet sniffer or more sophisticated monitoring software. Under Linux
-and FreeBSD, the --interface option can be used to restrict polling to
+and FreeBSD, the \-\-interface option can be used to restrict polling to
availability of a specific interface device with a specific local or
remote IP address, but snooping is still possible if (a) either host
has a network device that can be opened in promiscuous mode, or (b)
error; this seems to have something to do with buggy terminal ioctl
code in the kernel.
.PP
-The -f - option (reading a configuration from stdin) is incompatible
+The \-f\~\- option (reading a configuration from stdin) is incompatible
with the plugin option.
.PP
The 'principal' option only handles Kerberos IV, not V.
flagged as a syntax error rather than ignored.
.PP
Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the
-fetchmail-devel list <fetchmail-devel@lists.berlios.de>. An HTML FAQ is
+fetchmail\-devel list <fetchmail\-devel@lists.berlios.de>. An HTML FAQ is
available at the fetchmail home page; surf to
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ or do a WWW search for pages with
\&'fetchmail' in their titles.
but some of its interface design is directly traceable to that
ancestral program.
.PP
-This manual page has been improved by R.\ Hannes Beinert.
+This manual page has been improved by R.\ Hannes Beinert and Héctor
+García.
.SH SEE ALSO
mutt(1), elm(1), mail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8), imapd(8), netrc(5)
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