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

[Anne W. <can...@go...>]

On Monday 27 Aug 2007, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 8/27/07, Anne Wilson <can...@go...> wrote:
> <---SNIP--->
>
> > 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).

Well, I do have my uses :-)  Glad you got something useful out of it.

Anne