Re: [fetchmail-users] A question about the envelope option

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 2/9/07, Andrew N. Gray <an...@gr...> wrote:
> I am trying to figure out the envelope options for fetchmail and
> found this passage in the man page
>
> > In the .fetchmailrc file, the 'envelope' string argument  may  be
> > preceded  by a whitespace-separated number.  This number, if
> > specified, is the number of such headers to skip over (that  is,
> > an  argument  of  1 selects  the second header of the given type).
>
> At the bottom of this email is an example header from an email I am
> trying to direct to the correct box and my fetchmailrc file.
>
> Can I use the option "1 envelope" to solve this problem and deliver
> the following email to es...@po..., which is the second line
> of the Received header

In theory, maybe.  However the correct approach is to get your ISP to
put the correct value in the Envelope-to header :)

> Also, where does this option go in my fetchmail.rc file?

As documented, it's a server option, so you'd put it after the poll
line, but before the user.

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