Re: starting fetch mail when system boots up

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Subject: Re: starting fetch mail when system boots up
From: Mark Miksis <mark.nospamplease@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:21:47 -0700
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Tim wrote:

In my /etc/rc.local I have entries like this, one per user:

su janedoe -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900"
su johndoe -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 913"


You can also put something like this in each user's crontab:

@reboot fetchmail -d 900

References:
- starting fetch mail when system boots up
  - From: Don Russell
- Re: starting fetch mail when system boots up
  - From: Tim