Re: fetchmail

[Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com>]

>>>>> "cs" == cls-colo spgs <pplaw@pcisys.net> writes:

    cs> debs, where do i tell fetchmail my username?  (background: my
    cs> isp username is "pplaw," and my non-root account is "bt."
    cs> when i run fetchmail, i get, "bt@pcisys.net," instead of,
    cs> "pplaw@pcisys.net.")

You have a .fetchmailrc file in your home dir, yes? If not, become
familiar with fetchmailconf. 

Basically, what you want in .fetchmailrc is:

poll cisys.net
username pplaw

plus whatever else, such as proto (protocol) and passwd. man fetchmail
will give you the command line args for these values as well, but I
recommend creating a proper .fetchmailrc. Be sure to do chmod 600 on
it.

There is a nice sample fetchmailrc in the fetchmail docs; you can copy
it over to your home dir as .fetchmailrc but be sure to get rid of
esr's personal crap at the end of the file!

-- 
Bob Bernstein
at
Esmond, R.I., USA