Re: Fetchmail won't configure

[Thorsten Jenal <tj_mail76@gmx.de>]

on Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 05:28:04PM +0200, vw@geus.DK wrote:
> As a newbie, I thought I'd let fetchmailconf take me by the hand and help me
> configure the bastard instead of futzing around with config-files. But all I
> get is:
> <prompt>fetchmailconf (I type at prompt) Linux answers:
> env: python: no such file or directory
> I search dselect for "python" but all the python dselect can find seems to
> be already installed.
> I've successfully configured exim (I think -it didn't complain, just tells
> me there's no mail) and "mail" runs ok, so I just don't get it?!
> I figure I do need fetchmail for getting the mail off of my ISP, right?!
> I tried some different FM's but they all seem to assume the stuff is
> actually able to execute...
> Regards Vitux
> 
> 
> Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer
> 

I don't know about a configuration tool for fetchmail, but the syntax for the
.fetchmailrc-file is very simple (man fetchmail). Try some entries in your
.fetchmailrc like this:


server name.of.your.isp's.pop.server
proto name_of_the_protocol_to_use (usually pop3)
user "your user name (for the mail-account)"
user "your password (for the mail-account)"
is your_local_login_name (if mail user name is different from your
local login name)
flush!   (deletes all mail on your isp's host after download)

 
Bye   Thorsten
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