Re: [fetchmail] [PATCH] new option to control polling

Holger Mauermann <h(_dot_)mauermann(_at_)gmx(_dot_)de>:
> I wrote a patch for fetchmail 6.2.5 to control polling from outside of
> fetchmail. It adds a new option to fetchmailrc, if you add
>
>    set skipfile <filename>
>
> and <filename> exists, the polls are skipped. If the file doesn't exist,
> fetchmail operates as usual.
Why is this better than shutting down and restarting fetchail?
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