docs: Clarify default for ENV FETCHMAIL_PARALLEL (#3603)

- Make this easier to find when browsing the example environment file.
- Adjust ENV documentation to properly mark the actual default value.

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Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
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Joerg Sonnenberger 2023-11-10 01:03:21 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -577,8 +577,10 @@ Note: activate this only if you are confident in your bayes database for identif
##### FETCHMAIL_PARALLEL
**0** => `fetchmail` runs with a single config file `/etc/fetchmailrc`
**1** => `/etc/fetchmailrc` is split per poll entry. For every poll entry a separate fetchmail instance is started to allow having multiple imap idle configurations defined.
- **0** => `fetchmail` runs with a single config file `/etc/fetchmailrc`
- 1 => `/etc/fetchmailrc` is split per poll entry. For every poll entry a separate fetchmail instance is started to [allow having multiple imap idle connections per server][fetchmail-imap-workaround] (_when poll entries reference the same IMAP server_).
[fetchmail-imap-workaround]: https://otremba.net/wiki/Fetchmail_(Debian)#Immediate_Download_via_IMAP_IDLE
Note: The defaults of your fetchmailrc file need to be at the top of the file. Otherwise it won't be added correctly to all separate `fetchmail` instances.
#### Getmail

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# The interval to fetch mail in seconds
FETCHMAIL_POLL=300
# Use multiple fetchmail instances (1 per poll entry in fetchmail.cf)
# Supports multiple IMAP IDLE connections when a server is used across multiple poll entries
# https://otremba.net/wiki/Fetchmail_(Debian)#Immediate_Download_via_IMAP_IDLE
FETCHMAIL_PARALLEL=0
# Enable or disable `getmail`.
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