Christian Dysthe writes: > I will try that, but the .fetchmailrc file in /home/cdysthe is owned by > root. Shouldn't that be enough? Baffle. Why do you have a .fetchmailrc owned by root in cdysthe's home? I assumed you were trying to fetch mail for cdysthe. Check the permissions. Fetchmail doesn't like permissions any more open than 0600 on a .fetchmailrc. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI