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Re: fetchmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Smith)
Mon Nov 16 06:56:43 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 06:57:47 -0500
From: Randy Smith <randysmith@adelphia.net>
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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!)
>
> 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.
Just a note: My version of fetchmail will not run with perms on
.fetchmailrc greater then 600. RH 5.0
Randy
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Chuck Mead, CEO - Moongroup Consulting, Inc. <chuck@moongroup.com>
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