[snip]> > how should i configure fetchmail? - there seems to be mention of a -MTA > switch? I use fetchmail also in conjunction with fetchmail, this works fine. You need to have a .fetchmailrc in your /home/$USER - containing at least: poll your-isps-pop-server proto pop3 user "username-on-isps-machine" is your-aliased-name-on-your-server here <-- the 'here' at the end is needed ;-) password "your-password" [/snip] [snip] > Should I setup a specific user to run the fetchmail command, > e.g. at the moment i've setup a user called mailbox which is used for > the collection of mail. > > or is there a standard user which should be used when collecting the mail > form the ISP? by this i don't mean the ISP POP Username, im refering to > the local user of which mailbox the mail is downloaded into. [/snip] you get your e-mails afterwards just typing fetchmail as the user that should get the e-mails. You can create a cronjob for this too, eg. picking the e-mails all 5 minutes or whatever. HTH Roger
