On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:34:31 -0500 (EST) fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I envoke fetchmail with a simple command line fetchmail, no options except those > > in my .fetchmailrc file. Here is my .fetchmailrc file: > > > > # Configuration created Sun Jul 11 10:36:42 2004 by fetchmailconf > > set postmaster "rmiles" > > set bouncemail > > set no spambounce > > set properties "" > > set daemon 90 > > poll mail.comcast.net with proto POP3 > > user 'r.godzilla' there with password '*******' is 'rmiles' here > > Add: > > set no syslog > set verbose > set logfile /home/rmiles/fetchmail.log (or where ever you want the log > file) > > > I have put asterisks where the password goes. I run singledrop. I do not start > > it in a cronjob. It runs in daemon mode. > > The daemon mode should avoid that 2 or more instances of fetchmail > process the same mail in parallel. > > > I will take your suggestion and use -v -v command line options to capture the > > control messages between the server. The mail server does not keep messages. > > Should I use the -K option to ensure the fetched mail is removed from the > > server? > > -K (nokeep) is default and doesn't need to be set explicitly. > > Enable logging and grep through the log. I am sure it will bring you a > step forward. > > > I will let you know how the log of communications turns out. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > You are welcome. > > > Richard E Miles > > Alexander I have made the changes to my .fetchmailrc file, however set verbose caused a sytax error. It must not be a valid set parameter. Instead I added --verbose as a command line option. Thanks Alexander -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
