OK, you changed to exim. I don't know much about that. However, you should probably use chkconfig to enable it a boot. If you don't currently have a running mta, your fetchmail may be unable to deliver. I'm sorry, my recollection is a tad hazy on that. Try: fetchmail -d0 [your user, server] PS: proto should be a separate line in the .fetchmailrc. Raul A. Gallegos writes: > Hi gang. I feel like an Id10t on this because it should be easy to figure > out. > > I installed FC3 and am in the process of configuring it. I just discovered > the system-switch-mail command and switched from sendmail to exim which is > my preferred mta. My questions are as follows. > > 1. If any of my questions can be answered via online docs I'm having > trouble finding them or find obscure answers. > > 2. I am comfortable in editing exim.conf by hand but does FC3 provide any > custom programs to be used as front ends to edit the config file? > > 3. I can't get fetchmail to poll my mail. If I do something like: > fetchmail -c -v -u username -p pop3 mail.asmodean.net I do get verbose > output saying I have messages. ` if I try to run fetchmail replacing the > -c parameter with -a there is no mail which gets fetched. I've also tried > using my .fetchmailrc which I used to use on Debian and it does not work > either. That file's syntax is something like: > > set daemon 180 > poll mail.asmodean.net with proto pop3 > user raul at asmodean.net > pass my_pass > smtp saidin.asmodean.net > fetchall > nokeep > > > It still will not poll any mail. > > The server is behind an ActionTec gateway on Qwest.net dsl service. The ip > for the server is a static one and I can surf the net just fine. I'm using > mutt as the mua and exim as the mta. However from my understanding neither > of this should matter when using fetchmail. My mail file is correctly > defined as /var/spool/mail/raul with 770 permissions owner raul group mail. > > If I telnet mail.asmodean.net 110 > I can type pop commands by hand and see my mail. > > If there is anything else I can provide please let me know. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
