gotmail

[alephtnull@gmx.net]

Hello,

I gotmail installed and tested it. the message was there (on the hotmail
server) but when I run gotmail in the terminal it does retrieve the message but
doesn't forward it to my mailbox (i.e. bash still reports no mail for me) my
username@hotmail is different from my u
sername@my local machine so I set in /etc/aliases file bob:cat so, it's
supposed to be when gotmail runs and gets bob@hotmail.com's emails it should
forward it to cat@localhost....however, cat does not receive anything even though
gotmail says that it got the hotmail massages.

here's my .procmailrc



# SET VARIABLES

# Internal Variables

SHELL=/bin/sh               #Shell used to run procmail.  Be sure this
points to
                            #your system's copy of sh.  DO NOT substitute a
                            #different shell unless you really know UNIX

LINEBUF=4096                #Needed to keep Procmail from choking on long
                            #"recipes", or instructions on what to do with
                            #particular kinds of email.

PATH=$HOME/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
                            #Path for your programs -- this is probably best
                            #left alone.

VERBOSE=off                 #Change this to "on" when you try a new recipe
                            #so that Procmail will log literally every step
                            #it takes.  DO NOT LEAVE IT ON, though, because
                            #it creates huge logfiles.

# Default Program & file locations

MAILDIR=${HOME}/Mail          #you'd better make sure this directory exists

DEFAULT=${HOME}/inbox         #default incoming mailbox for shell2-5 users
                            #on Best Internet.  Substitute the correct
                            #setting for your system.

ADMINFOLDER=${MAILDIR}/admin.incoming  #for bounced mail, mail from root,
                                     #postmaster, abuse, etc. Change this to
                                     #${DEFAULT} if you use
                                     #Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Netscape,
Internet
                                     #Explorer, or another Windows- or
Mac-based
                                     #POP email program.

BULKFOLDER=${MAILDIR}/bulk.incoming    #for bulk mail which appears
legitimate, such
                                     #as mail from mailing lists or mail
sent using
                                     #Bcc:  Change this to ${DEFAULT} if you
use
                                     #Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Netscape,
Internet
                                     #Explorer, or another Windows- or
Mac-based
                                     #POP email program.

LOGFILE=${MAILDIR}/log        #Logs message disposition.  Recommended --
otherwise
                            #errors are emailed to you. :/

FORMAIL=/usr/bin/formail #useful for autoreply recipes.  If you
                               #are not on Best Internet, modify this to
                               #your system's copy of formail.


EXIM=/usr/sbin/exim    #useful for autoreply recipes.  If you are
                               #not on Best Internet, modify this to point
                               #to your system's copy of exim.

my .gotmailrc

user=bobwe2302
pass=**********
proxy=no
forward=cat
onlynew=yes
markread=no
delete=no
# folder_directory= don't know if this is relavant and what's it used for
since formail should # forward it to ~mbox
retrylimit=3

.gotmailrc (END) 

My .procmailrc file




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