Re: How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup
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On 03/28/07 19:18, cga2000 wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:05:58PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> [..]
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>>> So the first thing he needs is a friendly ISP. I don't think
>>> cablevision would let me run a server.
>> Would they even know if he's running imap-ssl? Especially if it's
>> on a non-standard port?
>
> With millions of subscribers all over the Eastern seaboard they would
> likely just run some package to detect "suspicious" users of their
> systems .. and I would rather not my name/account popped up on some
> report or other.
Maybe, but I doubt it. Usually ISPs just block 80, 25 & 20/21.
>>> Or are there outfits that sell imap server hosting?
>>
>> fastmail.fm
>
> Yes, but then where the OP is concerned, I think he needs to have his
> imap server pull mail from a bunch of other accounts for this to work.
> So he'd need a sufficient control over his hosted imap server to run
> some fetchmail/getmail process periodically, right?
>
> Does fastmail.fm offer a plan that lets you do that?
Don't know, didn't look. He can go to fastmail.fm and do the
research if he's so inclined.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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