[fetchmail]forwarding to a remote SMTP server

[Rob MacGregor]

On 20/12/05, S. Palmer <smpalmer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the heads up.  I had just googled fetchmail and took the
> top link for the fetchmail homepage.  Is there a reason the old
> fetchmail page is still up?

It isn't for lack of trying on behalf of those running the new
project, trust me :-)

> Yes, I saw that.  This line in the FAQ threw me off:
>
> "To forward mail to a host other than the one you are running
> fetchmail on, use the smtphost or smtpname option. See the manual page
> for details."
>
> The "smtphost or smtpname" made me think that smtpname would specify
> the username and host.  I guess that was wrong and maybe it should be
> "smtphost and smtpname" in the FAQ.

Don't believe you need smtpname, certainly I've worked with only
smtphost before.  Worth including this in your post to the other list.

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