On 0, Tom Massey <tom_massey@pacific.net.au> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 06:44:34PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote:
> > Yes. I configured it, and the test produces:-.
> >
> > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
>
> I think the problem here is that you don't have a
> local MTA such as postfix, exim, qmail to handle the
> mail. I think fetchmail needs one running to work.
man fetchmail
...
-m <command>, --mda <command>
(Keyword: mda) You can force mail to be passed to an MDA
directly (rather than forwarded to port
25) with the -mda or -m option. To avoid losing mail,
use this option only with MDAs like proc-
mail or sendmail that return a nonzero status on
disk-full and other resource-exhaustion errors;
the nonzero status tells fetchmail that delivery
failed and prevents the message from being
deleted off the server. If fetchmail is running as
root, it sets its userid to that of the target
user while delivering mail through an MDA. Some
possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -f %F
%T", "/usr/bin/deliver" and "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"
(but the latter is usually redundant as it's
what SMTP listeners normally forward to). Local
delivery addresses will be inserted into the MDA
command wherever you place a %T; the mail message's From
address will be inserted where you place
an %F. Do not use an MDA invocation like "sendmail
-oem -t" that dispatches on the contents of
To/Cc/Bcc, it will create mail loops and bring the just
wrath of many postmasters down upon your
head.
...
So you can pipe it straight to procmail.
Tom
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