On 09/23/2014 07:14 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > >>> It's been some time since I've used fetchmail, but I'm trying to >>> configure it again to backup my gmail account, and I can't figure out >>> where it's stored my downloaded mail. I'm using fedora20 and the >>> latest version of fetchmail. >>> >>> I'm first trying to get it to download a single message from Trash as a test: >>> >>> $ cat .fetchmailrc >>> poll imap.gmail.com protocol IMAP >>> user "mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx" is alex here >>> password 'mypass123' >>> folder 'Trash' >>> fetchlimit 1 >>> keep >>> ssl >>> >>> I've configured postfix on my local machine, and removed sendmail. >>> Postfix is running. Running "fetchmail -v" shows that it did download >>> the message, but I don't know where it put it. It's not in >>> /var/spool/mail/alex or anywhere in my home directory. >> >> fetchmail by default talks to the MTA on port 25. >> >> If you don't like the default, you could use the "mda" option to point >> it at your preferred MDA directly. Note that if you don't deliver your >> fetched message to a queue, mail can be lost if there are permission >> problems or lack of storage space. Usually, I add >> >> mda "/usr/bin/procmail -t -f -" >> >> to ~/.fetchmailrc to deliver to procmail directly (which stores in the >> local mailbox even if there are no custom recipes in the .procmailrc). > > I've just tried this, and it also produces no output. There's nothing > in /var/spool/mail and nothing to indicate fetchmail was speaking with > postfix in /var/log/maillog. Maybe it's not actually downloading? > > fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 OK [READ-WRITE] Trash selected. (Success) [THROTTLED] > fetchmail: IMAP> A0004 SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED > fetchmail: IMAP< * SEARCH > fetchmail: IMAP< A0004 OK SEARCH completed (Success) [THROTTLED] > 1 message (1 seen) for mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx at imap.gmail.com (folder Trash). > fetchmail: IMAP> A0005 LOGOUT > fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE LOGOUT Requested > fetchmail: IMAP< A0005 OK 73 good day (Success) [THROTTLED] > fetchmail: 6.3.26 querying imap.gmail.com (protocol IMAP) at Tue 23 > Sep 2014 08:08:13 PM EDT: poll completed > fetchmail: normal termination, status 1 > > Is the connection always throttled? It also says "1 seen", but does > that mean it downloaded it? > I think the folder is represented in imap gmail/trash or something like that. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
