Re: fetchmail configuration

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes:

    Sandip> where will this message go?? i thought fetchmail will get
    Sandip> it in /var/mail/sandip!!

Fetchmail will give it to exim, which will deliver it to
/var/mail/sandip as long as fetchmail delivered the mail to 'sandip'
and no forwarding or rewriting rules were invoked (like .forward or
.procmailrc files etc.).

    >> Also, be sure you have something like
    >> 
    >> user 'sandip.deshmukh@subdimension.com' there ... is sandip
    >> here
    >> 
    >> in your fetchmailrc config file.
    >> 
    Sandip> it does have such entries. i forgot to mention, but i had
    Sandip> used fetchmailconf utility to create .fetchmailrc file


If possible, post your .fetchmailrc file *after* you replace your
hostname and passwords in it with some generic names (like pop.server
and password, you get the idea).

    Sandip> well, it sure is letting me learn a lot and helping me
    Sandip> keep young! i still cant fathom, though, how is exim +
    Sandip> pop3browser + fetchmail + procmail + mua a better solution
    Sandip> than mua + 'rules' + smtp server setup! 

It is not always "better". If anyone suggests that using exim + tools
is "superior", for a single user, than using, say, Microsoft Outlook +
Outlook rule processing they are not being completely honest. The
advantages show up when you start programming and administering a
large server with multiple users. It is easy to write scripts that
produce, consume, rewrite and otherwise process email to get a lot of
work done (like page you if your CPU core gets too hot etc.) on a Unix
style mail set up then the standard PC. It is because you have a MTA,
MDA and an MUA all nicely available. On a Wintel PC you usually have
only the MUA. If you don't need the flexibility of exim, you can
always choose to use Mozilla (or your favorite MUA) + SMTP.

Cheers!
Shyamal