Re: Starting mail retrieval agent: system-wide fetchmail not configured

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> when i boot woody it says:
> 
> Starting mail retrieval agent: system-wide fetchmail not configured
> 


I hope the following might help:

[05:42:42 tmp]$ head -19 /etc/init.d/fetchmail
#!/bin/sh
#
# Fetchmail/fetchmail-ssl init script
# $Id: fetchmail.init,v 1.16 2001/05/13 17:41:19 hmh Exp $
#
# A fetchmailrc file containg hosts and passwords for all 
# local users should be placed in /etc/fetchmailrc.
# Remember to make the /etc/fetchmailrc mode 600 to avoid
# disclosing the users' passwords
#
# This script will NOT start or stop fetchmail if the 
# /etc/fetchmailrc file does not exist.  Also, remember to
# stop fetchmail first when changing RUNASROOT.
#
# Don't muck around with SERVICE, use dpkg-reconfigure to
# change it; unless you have the fetchmail user properly
# setup, that is.
#

[05:42:50 tmp]$ 

You might also be interested in /etc/default/fetchmail
 

> and when i run fetchmail -v its puts this out:
> 
> 
> fetchmail: 5.8.3 querying pop3.account.de (protocol POP3) at Sun Jul  8
> 20:18:28 2001
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK ready  <user@pop3.account.de>
> fetchmail: POP3> CAPA fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
> fetchmail: POP3< TOP
> fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
> fetchmail: POP3< USER
> fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE NEVER
> fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
> fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
> fetchmail: POP3< AUTH-RESP-CODE
> fetchmail: POP3< X-MANGLE
> fetchmail: POP3< X-MACRO
> fetchmail: POP3< X-LOCALTIME Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:22:01 +0200
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> USER user fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for user.
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK user has 5 visible messages (0
> hidden) in 15303 octets.
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 5 15303
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 is the last read message.
> 5 messages for user at pop3.account.de (15303 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> LIST fetchmail: POP3< +OK 5 visible messages (15303 octets)
> fetchmail: POP3< 1 4584
> fetchmail: POP3< 2 2555
> fetchmail: POP3< 3 3185
> fetchmail: POP3< 4 2322
> fetchmail: POP3< 5 2657
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Message follows
> reading message 1 of 5 (4584 octets)
> ********************************.******************.*********fetchmail:
> SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 2
> fetchmail: terminated with signal 13
> 
> i think my eximconfig and fetchmailrc are correct.
> 
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	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>

Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me?
Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when?
                                          (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14)