also sprach nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> [2002.01.09.0251 +0100]: > on Wed, 09 Jan 2002 01:51:49AM +0100, marTin insinuated: > > fetchmail should totally not flush the mail from POP3 when it fails > > to deliver locally... > > > > you can temp fix this since you use procmail: > > > > add an option > > > > mda "/usr/bin/procmail" > > > > to your .fetchmailrc's mailbox description > > you mean, straight to my .fetchmailrc file? i do that, and it gives > me a parse error. > > line 1 of ~/.fetchmailrc is : > > mda = "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" .fetchmailrc's mailbox description. such a thing starts with "poll" and extends over lines that start with whitespace. > also fwiw, when i try: > orange:~# /etc/init.d/fetchmail restart > i get: > Restarting mail retrieval agent: system-wide fetchmail not configured. this is the site-wide fetchmail, which you don't need, and which i consider to be a flaw anyway. no, fetchmail is and remains a user tool, so ignore /etc/init.d/fetchmail. you might actually want to update-rc.d -f fetchmail remove > which leads me to believe that peraps fetchmail *isn't* ship-shape, > after all. the installation notes during the upgrade of fetchmail would have told you, yo... okay, and i'll ditch my snippy tone now. i don't even mean it. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck did you know that if you play a windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of satan? that's nothing, 'cause if you play it forward, it'll install windows 2000.
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