Re: fetchmail
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:50:01 +0200, Gerard ROBIN wrote:
> Le Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 09:06:08AM -0000, Bert Riding a écrit :
>> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:06:08 -0000 (UTC)
>> From: Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com>
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: fetchmail
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2022 22:50:01 +0200, Gerard ROBIN wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > in Bullseye (stable) fetchmail works fine, but in Bookworm (testing) I
>> > get:
>> >
>> > fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running.
>> > argc = 5, arg list:
>> > arg 1 = "-k"
>> > arg 2 = "--ssl"
>> > arg 3 = "--mda"
>> > arg 4 = "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"
>> >
>> > No mail arrived since ....
>> >
>> > ps ax | grep fetchmail
>> >
>> > 1943 ? Ss 0:00 fetchmail --nodetach --daemon 300
>> > 4220 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep fetchmail
>> >
>> > how can i prevent the fetchmail daemon from running on startup in
>> > Bookworm ?
>>
>>
>> Fetchmail can now run as a daemon, started by systemd.
> Ok good to know.
>
>> I think maybe the real
>> solution for this problem is
>>
>> systemctl --user stop fetchmail.service
>> systemctl --user disable fetchmail.service
> it works, just add --user option.
> I keep fetchmail.
>
> Thanks so much
I found help in /usr/share/doc/fetchmail after noticing an unexpected error from fetchmail about waking up.
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