also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.25.1954 +0200]:
> Since I'm going to change my $USERNAME, I'm thinking of rewriting my
> ..fetchmailrc so it will survive the transition. Given a .fetchmailrc
> line consisting of:
> 
>   user 'foo' there with password 'whocares' is 'bar' here
> 
> is there a way to achieve the equivalent of:
> 
>   user 'foo' there with password 'whocares' is $USERNAME here
>   user 'foo' there with password 'whocares' is `whoami` here

fetchmail uses the name of the user who invoked fetchmail if "is ...
here" is not specified. just leave it out.

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