Re: Newbie needs help badly!

[Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs1@gmx.de>]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Fred Sloniker wrote:

> I'd like to apologize in advance to anyone who's helped me with my
> previous questions and hasn't gotten a thank-you.  There's a good
> reason for that, though: Debian ate my email.
> 
> I've been trying to get a window system working, but I decided to
> focus on something more basic, specifically getting fetchmail up and
> running.  It grabbed the 300-some mail in my box and put them...
> somewhere.  I don't know where.  My user account, the one they should
> have been sent to, has no mail.  Neither does root.

Your .fetchmailrc file should look something like this:

set postmaster "memyself"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties ""

poll pop.mail.isp.aka with proto POP3
       user 'myispname' there with password 'secret' is 'mydebianuser' here options fetchall

So your mydebianuser should have received the mail.
If not look at your .procmairc file ... what is it saying.
Try to locate your mailbox.
What does the log say (sendmail or exim).

> I can't even boot into Linux now because fetchmail will eat more of my
> email. 

I do not understand why you are not able anymore to boot your debian box
- this could not be caused by fetchmail. Or do you mean you do not want
to boot it again because you are afraid your mails will be eaten again?

> Would someone please tell me what I need to do to get those
> 300-odd messages delivered so I can stop using Windows? 

Give more info.

Oliver
-- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit