Hi, >>>> 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. Okay, much to my surprise, Trash apparently isn't a real folder. I changed it to download from another folder, and it of course worked correctly. So, any idea what the name of the real trash folder is? Or how to download "virtual" folders, or folders created by a label? Thanks, Alex -- 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