Re: [OT] Setting up getmail to retrieve mails from gmail [Was: Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]]
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Arvind Marathe <bahuroopi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Andrei Popescu
> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon,14.Jul.08, 20:44:32, Celejar wrote:
>>
>>> Note that Gmail can be used via POP or IMAP, without the web interface,
>>
>> I'm wondering, did any of you have problems lately with that? Quite
>> often in the last weeks I get a mail from my getmail cronjob that my
>> password was rejected.
>
> I am trying to configure getmail to retrieve mails to my local machine
> from my gmail account. I have enabled imap in gmail. Also i have been
> using getmail to retrieve mail from my workplace account for a long
> time, so i am sure getmail is working fine. Following is my
> getmailrc-gmail
>
> [retriever]
> type = SimpleIMAPRetriever
> server = imap.google.com
> username = bahuroopi
> password = mypassword
>
> [destination]
> type = MDA_external
> path = /usr/bin/procmail
> arguments = ("-f", "%(sender)", "-m", "$HOME/.procmailrc")
oops! It should have been "imap.gmail.com" and not "imap.google.com" -
sorry for the noise.
Arvind
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