I have the same message using:
fetchmail --quit -all -d 300 -L .fetchmail.log
It works with 5.9.1.
Laurent.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:07:13AM -0500, renkel(_at_)xnet(_dot_)com wrote:
With new 5.9.2 release getting following error did not get before
fetchmailrc is ...
poll quake protocol pop3 user renkel pass passwd no rewrite mda " /bin/echo
From %F \`date\` >>/home/customer/renkel/WMAIL; /bin/cat
/home/customer/renkel/WMAIL; echo >>/home/customer/renkel/WMAIL"
command is ...
fetchmail -a --fetchlimit 1 -t 20
result is...
fetchmail: illegal option -- -
usage: fetchmail [options] [server ...]
Options are as follows:
-?, --help display this option help
-V, --version display version info
-c, --check check for messages without fetching
-s, --silent work silently
-v, --verbose work noisily (diagnostic output)
-d, --daemon run as a daemon once per n seconds
-N, --nodetach don't detach daemon process
-q, --quit kill daemon process
-L, --logfile specify logfile name
--syslog use syslog(3) for most messages when running as a daemon
--invisible don't write Received & enable host spoofing
-f, --fetchmailrc specify alternate run control file
-i, --idfile specify alternate UIDs file
--postmaster specify recipient of last resort
--nobounce redirect bounces from user to postmaster.
--plugin specify external command to open connection
--plugout specify external command to open smtp connection
-p, --protocol specify retrieval protocol (see man page)
-U, --uidl force the use of UIDLs (pop3 only)
-P, --port TCP/IP service port to connect to
--auth authentication type (password/kerberos/ssh)
-t, --timeout server nonresponse timeout
-E, --envelope envelope address header
-Q, --qvirtual prefix to remove from local user id
--principal mail service principal
--tracepolls add poll-tracing information to Received header
-u, --username specify users's login on server
-a, --all retrieve old and new messages
-K, --nokeep delete new messages after retrieval
-k, --keep save new messages after retrieval
-F, --flush delete old messages from server
-n, --norewrite don't rewrite header addresses
-l, --limit don't fetch messages over given size
-w, --warnings interval between warning mail notification
-S, --smtphost set SMTP forwarding host
--fetchdomains fetch mail for specified domains
-D, --smtpaddress set SMTP delivery domain to use
--smtpname set SMTP full name username(_at_)domain
-Z, --antispam, set antispam response values
-b, --batchlimit set batch limit for SMTP connections
-B, --fetchlimit set fetch limit for server connections
-e, --expunge set max deletions between expunges
-m, --mda set MDA to use for forwarding
--bsmtp set output BSMTP file
--lmtp use LMTP (RFC2033) for delivery
-r, --folder specify remote folder name
--showdots show progress dots even in logfiles
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Will Renkel
Wheaton, Ill.
renkel(_at_)xnet(_dot_)com
lucky22(_at_)xnet(_dot_)com
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