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Re: Re[2]: fetchmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Mead)
Thu Nov 12 20:59:28 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:59:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Chuck Mead <chuck@moongroup.com>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 kabir@zenarchist.citenet.net wrote:
> Chuck Mead <chuck@moongroup.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, John Beck wrote:
> >
> > > Hey,
> > > Just wondering what I need to do to get fetchmail
> > > running for POP3 server(s), or what files I need to
> > > edit.
> >
> > In /home/$username create a file called .fetchmailrc (notice the
> > period... it's necessary!)
> >
> > This is what goes in the file (all on one line):
> > poll name.of.mail.server proto pop3 user username_on_mail_server is
> > local_user_name here pass password
> >
> > then chmod 0644 .fetchmailrc and type fetchmail -v to verify it's
> > output.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
>
> 1.What options from fetchmail would be equal to the following:
> popclient -3 -s -u %user -p %password -o $File
I dunno I've never used popclient. Go here for more info:
http://www.moongroup.com/unix/quicktips.html#.fetchmailrc file?
> 2. I use ishmail will fetchmail work with it ? And if so
> how can I set it up to do it ?
I don't see a problem. Fetchmail isn't concerned with file formats
or any of that, it pulls the mail and hands it off to your MTA/MDA
which on a stock Red Hat system is sendmail and procmail. Your mail
ends up in it's normal place (/var/spool/mail/$usrname).
> Larry.
>
>
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Cheers!
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