Re: trouble getting fetchmail to start

[Michael Steiner <st.mi@aon.at>]

Ross Boylan wrote:
> 
> I'm running exim and fetchmail.  I recently changed from using a dial-up
> connection to DSL.  It's a wonderful change, but I'm having trouble getting
> fetchmail to start without my assistance.  I'd appreciate any help.
...

Hello Ross!

I would recommand to start it through a command in /etc/crontab.
E.g. to check every 15 minutes for mail.
I'm doing it here this way for fetchmail (with a timeout of 60 sec.) and
fetchnews (leafnode-package).

Michael

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