Re: Fetchmail help

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I forgot to say that .fetchmailrc must have execute mode set. After you 
create this file do:
chmod 710 .fetchmail

John
 
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, John J. Boyer wrote:

> Martin,
> 
> You don't need any options with fetchmail. You do need to set up your 
> .fetchmailrc file. Note that tis filename begins with a period. The file 
> should contain lines like the following:
> 
> set daemon 900
> poll [server]  proto pop3
> user [myname]  pass [mypassword]
> 
> The first line tells fetchmail to run as a daemon. The number at the end 
> is the number of seconds between the times that fetccmail checks for mail.
> 
> The second line tells fetchmail to poll your mail server and look for a 
> POP3 account.
> 
> The third line gives your username and password.
> 
> If you have more than one account, you can repeat the second and third 
> lines for each account, with appropriate changes. 
> 
> I had a lot of trouble figuring out all this from the verbose man page for 
> fetchmail when I started, so I'm glad to help someone else get going.
> 
> John
> 
> 
>  On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Odd Martin 
> Baanrud wrote:
> 
> > Can someone give me a list of options that I need to use with fetchmail?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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