Re: HOW: server for fetchmail
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, BOB'S MAIL wrote:
> >From the Debian~# prompt I execute fetchmail and get the fiollowing response:
>
> fetchmail: no mail servers have been specified.
>
> >From dselect I ran appconfig (I think it was) and I answered the queries and see my responses in files I have observed with mc while trying to get the above working. So from root:
>
> 1. How do I get a server for fetchmail?
You need to create a .fetchmailrc file in your home directory. It should
contain something similar to the following:
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defaults
batchlimit 5
poll [mailserver] proto POP3
user [user_on_mailserver] with password [pass] is [localuser] here
fetchall smtphost localhost
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Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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