Get rid of the 'daemon' line. You don't want that: it makes fetchmail go into the background and poll periodically. Also, you don't need to specify the server on the command line when you have it in your .fetchmailrc. Your .fetchmailrc is too complicated. Make it like this: poll mail.inebraska.com protocol POP3 user xyf password xxxxxxxxxxx Now just type 'fetchmail -av' . -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI