From 514239e63f18708b86d41db7fa78f49714b10c29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:10:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that user@server must be unique. --- fetchmail.man | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index cdb88627..237710f8 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ it). Running \fBfetchmail\fP in foreground while a background fetchmail is running will do whichever of these is appropriate to wake it up. -.SH BUGS AND KNOWN PROBLEMS +.SH BUGS, LIMITATIONS, AND KNOWN PROBLEMS .PP Please check the \fBNEWS\fP file that shipped with fetchmail for more known bugs than those listed here. @@ -2822,6 +2822,10 @@ character, for instance "demonstr@ti on". These are rather uncommon and only hurt when using UID-based \-\-keep setups, so the 6.3.X versions of fetchmail won't be fixed. .PP +Fetchmail cannot handle configurations where you have multiple accounts +that use the same server name and the same login. Any user@server +combination must be unique. +.PP The assumptions that the DNS and in particular the checkalias options make are not often sustainable. For instance, it has become uncommon for an MX server to be a POP3 or IMAP server at the same time. Therefore the -- 2.43.2