[99224] in RedHat Linux List
Re: fetchmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Nugent)
Thu Nov 12 23:28:11 1998
To: Chuck Mead <chuck@moongroup.com>
Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: message-id <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811121704240.7061-100000@server.moongroup.com>
of Thu, Nov 12 17:08:15 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:26:53 +1000
From: Tony Nugent <Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au>
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On Thu Nov 12 1998 at 17:08, Chuck Mead 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!)
On other words:
~/.fetchmail
which should work for everyone.
> 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.
Small picky point, but it should be chmod 600 to prevent anyone from
reading it, as this file contains a password.
Cheers
Tony
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