--- fetchmail-6.3.3/fetchmail.c.orig	2006-03-14 19:08:36 +0300
+++ fetchmail-6.3.3/fetchmail.c	2006-03-31 11:44:19 +0400
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 int  quitind;		    /* optind after position of last --quit option */
 flag check_only;	    /* if --probe was set */
 flag versioninfo;	    /* emit only version info */
+flag permcheck = TRUE;      /* perform permission checks on files */
 char *user;		    /* the name of the invoking user */
 char *home;		    /* invoking user's home directory */
 char *fmhome;		    /* fetchmail's home directory */
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@
     {
 	int st;
 
-	if (!versioninfo && (st = prc_filecheck(run.idfile, !versioninfo)) != 0)
+	if (!versioninfo && (st = prc_filecheck(run.idfile, TRUE)) != 0)
 	    exit(st);
 	else
 	    initialize_saved_lists(querylist, run.idfile);
@@ -991,7 +992,7 @@
 	report(stderr, GT_("couldn't time-check the run-control file\n"));
 
     /* this builds the host list */
-    if ((st = prc_parse_file(rcfile, !versioninfo)) != 0)
+    if ((st = prc_parse_file(rcfile, permcheck)) != 0)
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: someday, send notification mail here if backgrounded.
 	 * Right now, that can happen if the user changes the rcfile
--- fetchmail-6.3.3/fetchmail.h.orig	2006-03-15 19:17:27 +0300
+++ fetchmail-6.3.3/fetchmail.h	2006-03-31 11:46:57 +0400
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
 extern char *rcfile;		/* path name of rc file */
 extern int linelimit;		/* limit # lines retrieved per site */
 extern flag versioninfo;	/* emit only version info */
+extern flag permcheck;		/* perform permission checks on files */
 extern char *user;		/* name of invoking user */
 extern char *home;		/* home directory of invoking user */
 extern char *fmhome;		/* fetchmail home directory */
--- fetchmail-6.3.3/options.c.orig	2006-03-15 19:26:38 +0300
+++ fetchmail-6.3.3/options.c	2006-03-31 11:44:19 +0400
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     LA_INVISIBLE = 256,
     LA_SYSLOG,
     LA_NOSYSLOG,
+    LA_NOPERMCHECK,
     LA_POSTMASTER,
     LA_NOBOUNCE,
     LA_AUTH,
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
   {"syslog",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_SYSLOG },
   {"nosyslog",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NOSYSLOG },
   {"fetchmailrc",required_argument,(int *) 0, 'f' },
+  {"nopermcheck",no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NOPERMCHECK },
   {"idfile",	required_argument, (int *) 0, 'i' },
   {"postmaster",required_argument, (int *) 0, LA_POSTMASTER },
   {"nobounce",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NOBOUNCE },
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@
 	switch (c) {
 	case 'V':
 	    versioninfo = TRUE;
+	    permcheck = FALSE;
 	    break;
 	case 'c':
 	    check_only = TRUE;
@@ -284,6 +287,9 @@
 	    xfree(rcfile);
 	    rcfile = prependdir (optarg, currentwd);
 	    break;
+	case LA_NOPERMCHECK:
+	    permcheck = FALSE;
+	    break;
 	case 'i':
 	    rctl->idfile = prependdir (optarg, currentwd);
 	    break;