The older versions of fetchmail might require the is command... for example: rgallegos is raul Meaning that the user rgallegos on the remote system gets delivered to the local user raul on the local system. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 1:26 PM Subject: Re: fetchmail > Hi Scott, > Recent versions of fetchmail have a keyword called "smtpname" > which redirects messages to a specified user address. I have a > single fetchmail running as a daemon on the root account which > has commands like this in it: > > smtpname hallenbeck at localhost > > or > > smtpname chuckh at localhost > > or > > smtpname mary at mhonline.net > > Not sure what your version is, but check the man page and search > for "smtpname" -- it should do what you want. > > HTH - Chuck > > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Scott Howell wrote: > > > This question is in reference to the Debian installation of Fetchmail. My > > question is in reference to the ability of running the daemon system-wide > > for all users. > > I read the man page and so forth on how to set things up. I have a > > Fetchmail user as instructed, set 600 on the fetchmailrc file in /etc, > > and so forth. I also put my users information into the file and > > everything is configured as it should. > > I run the init script and all indications are its working just fine. This > > appears to be the case, but where the problem is as follows. > > All mail winds up in a fetchmail file in /var/mail and the problem I'm > > having is how to then filter the mail from this fetchmail file into > > user's mailboxes. It appears to be a file format that mutt can deal with; > > mbox/ascii, but what isn't apparent to me is how the mail should get from > > there to here. > > So, if anyone has setup fetchmail in this manner and could shed some > > light on this, I'd appreciate it. I'm going nuts here. I didn't see any > > reference anywhere to this /var/mail/fetchmail file so either I'm missing > > something or some needs configuring like procmail or something. > > > > tia > > > > Scott > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (60% of Full) > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
