[fetchmail] if spoils $?

[Steve Sheftic]

> The "if"  itself resets  $? to 0,  unless it  executes the then  or
> else branch, in that case the exit status of the branch remains set.
> 

Yeah, I know that. For some reason I thought you were saying something
else. Re-reading your message I can't imagine what I was thinking.
Please attribute it to a tired brain.

> I know no solution for reusing the $? short of storing the contents $?
> away in a variable right after the command that set it.

Agree completely. I do it all the time! Sorry for the off-topic
diversion.

Steve