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@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ unreadMail
 * go get the libUnreadMail repo
 * enter the unreadMail subfolder
 * go install
-* use $GOPATH/bin/unreadMail -cert $cert -server foobar.com -user spam -passwd eggs  to fetch mail
+* use $GOPATH/bin/unreadMail -cert $cert -server foobar.com -user spam -pwfile pathToPasswordFile  to fetch mail
 * the fetched mail will be marked as read
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