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authorDave Love <[email protected]>2000-11-15 23:16:04 +0000
committerDave Love <[email protected]>2000-11-15 23:16:04 +0000
commit021bc64b33411c5ea6233a19a51dfdf95614fdd6 (patch)
treed7015dcec9feaee8808483cd8328716021c55bf5 /man
parenta159375dd2126c3b2636c77e10e3d6f91f72bc4d (diff)
POP tweak.
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diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi
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@@ -11173,10 +11173,11 @@ The name of the POP server. The default is taken from the
@code{MAILHOST} environment variable.
@item :port
-The port number of the POP server. This can be a number (eg,
-@samp{:port 1234}) or a string (eg, @samp{:port "pop3"}). If it is a
+The port number of the POP server. This can be a number (e.g.@:
+@samp{:port 110}) or a string (e.g.@: @samp{:port "pop3"}). If it is a
string, it should be a service name as listed in @file{/etc/services} on
-Unix systems. The default is @samp{"pop3"}.
+Unix systems. The default is @samp{"pop3"}. On some systems you might
+need to specify it as @samp{"pop-3"} instead.
@item :user
The user name to give to the POP server. The default is the login