>> On Sep 7, 1997, at 12:23, Jaakko Niemi wrote: >> > With fetchmail the mail goes to /var/spool/mail/*username*, unless >> > you have specified otherwise in .fetchmailrc. Also check that your >> > settings for procmail are OK, if you are using it. >> >> Just to clarify: by default, fetchmail will try to deliver mail via >> SMTP to port 25 on the machine where it is running. This is usually >> the port where your MTA (sendmail, smail, etc.) is listening. This >> way, incoming mail fetched with sendmail can be treated just like >> local mail sent by somebody with a local account on your >> machine/ethernet. >> >> It is the MTA that puts that incoming mail in the spool directory >> (usually /var/spool/mail/$USER.).
Yes, that is correct. I've been using --mda option for so long , that I have forgotten all about that and just been using Exim or Smail for outgoing mail. Sorry about misinformation and thanks for the correction. >> >> -- >> Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> --j -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .