Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely
Subject: Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 07:21:36PM +0100
In reply to:Helge Hafting
Quoting Helge Hafting(helge.hafting@c2i.net):
>
> you wrote:
> > Graham Ashton <graham@mirror.bt.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > > On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've just upgraded from Hamm to Slink. Fetchmail seems to work the
> > > > same as before, except that now, only the first 10 messages get to my
> > > > mail box straight away.
> > >
> > > I've got the same problem. Strange, isn't it.
> >
> > when looking in the log file there is:
> > no immediate delivery: more than 10 messages received in one connection
> >
> > if you want the other messages immediatly you can do:
> > exim -q
> >
> > I suppose it would be possible to change this behaviour, but I haven't
> > found how;
>
> I find it useful for dialup connection, the mail download can be faster when
> it doesn't deliver simultaneously. I have the "exim -q" thing in
> my disconnection script. so the queue is run as soon as the
> line goes down. (And a fetchmail in the script that runs when
> the connection is made.)
Helge
From your answer can I assume you run your 'disconnection' script as
root? I have been trying to do the same thing but can't do it as a
common user, yet. I don't want to change permissions on exim if I
can help it.
>
> Helge Hafting
Wayne
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