Re: FetchMail
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 04:44:01PM +0200, Tinus Kotzé wrote:
> home:~fetchmailrc
> # Configuration created Wed Aug 14 16:12:17 2002 by fetchmailconf
> set postmaster "jmak"
> set bouncemail
> set no spambounce
> set properties ""
> set daemon 30
> poll imap.sun.ac.za with proto IMAP
> user '13596128' there with password ' ' is '13596128' here
It looks OK to me. Check the size of the file /var/mail/13596128. If
it is > 0 then you have got mail
or just type "mail" at the command prompt to see whether you have got
mail.
> I just saw a thread mentioning exim is needed?
> How does fetchmail then work? Does it check mail and pass it to
> another program to manage data?
You can use it in that way. That is the only way I have used it so
far.
Read the question about exim and fetchmail in
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html
I use procmail to sort my mail and my ~/.fetchmailrc looks like this:
poll "stbevs01.stb.sun.ac.za"
protocol imap
username "jspies"
password ""
mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %s"
Maybe some other with superior knowledge can supply better
information.
Johann
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