fetchmail will fail to run if your .fetchmailrc that is the run control file has permissions that exceed 710 I have my .fetchmailrc file permissions set to 600 to see if your .fetchmailrc file parses ok, do the following. fetchmail --version below for your help is a copy of my .fetchmailrc *FILE BEGINS* #set daemon 300 defaults user shaun_oliver there is shaun_oliver here; mimedecode poll mail.optusnet.com.au protocol pop3: port 110 no dns, pass mine-2-know-and-yours-not-2-find-out; *FILE ENDS* I hope this helps you some. -- Shaun Oliver "We're upgrading /dev/null" EMAIIL: shaun_oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 76958435 MSN: blindman_2001@xxxxxxxxxxx YAHOO: blindman01_2000 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list