Re: [fetchmail-users] "requires envelope option!"

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

On 8/27/07, Anne Wilson <can...@go...> wrote:
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> Now I understand, and also why I don't have the problem on my account.  When I
> set up his I did go back to the man page to refresh my memory.  I
> misunderstood the entry '-a | --all | (since v6.3.3) --fetchall', reading it,
> actually in reverse.  Instead of --fetchall, as in my accounts, I used what I
> thought I had seen to be the preferred '-a'.  Duh!

Actually, it's worse than that (but you're helping show we need a
re-write of the manual).  The entries that begin with a hyphen (-a,
--all, --fetchall) are all command line options.  The only one valid
in the .fetchmailrc is the keyword (fetchall).  The manual doesn't
make the distinction terribly clear (it's mentioned only in passing).

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Rob MacGregor
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