Re: fetchmail doesn't put email...
Paul Nathan Puri <publisher@ompages.com> writes:
> Fetchmail downloads my email apparently. But it does not, put the email
> in a place where mutt can find it. After running fetchmail, mail is
> downloaded, but then when I start mutt, there is nothing there.
fetchmail delivers to your MTA (Mail Transport Agent --- read smail,
sendmail, exim, whicheveryouuseplacedhere). The MTA is responsible for
placing the mail in the right place.
> What do I need in my ~/.fetchmailrc file to make it put the mail
> in the right place?
You have to install an MTA.
HTH,
Jens
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