On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *- Tony Schonfeld wrote about "Fetchmail don't work for me !" > | i need to keep a messages from a pop3 account and send it to my > | machine via smtp in multi-drop mode. > | > | well i use this form : > | > | poll <hostname> protocol pop3 > | user <username> password <password> smtp <my_smtp_server> > | > | all messages are stored in the root account not each recipients. > | i can't found the problem , my local DNS is ok and exim work very > | well for me but not fetchmail. > | i've read the FAQ but i haven't any ideas, please can you help me ? > | > | Many thanks per advance , Tony > | > > Just a guess but it doesn't look like you are telling fetchmail who to > send the remote mail to on the local machine. > > >From the fetchmail man page. > > Here's what a simple retrieval configuration for a multi- > drop mailbox looks like: > > poll pop.provider.net: > user maildrop with pass secret1 to golux hurkle=happy snark > here > > This says that the mailbox of account `maildrop' on the > server is a multi-drop box, and that messages in it should > be parsed for the server user names `golux', `hurkle', and > `snark'. It further specifies that `golux' and `snark' > have the same name on the client as on the server, but > mail for server user `hurkle' should be delivered to > client user `happy'. > > You might also want to check out the fetchmailconfig setup program.
hello Brian , thank you for the reply and for others , finally i've found what is the good setup for me : poll <server> localdomains job.com: user toto with password toto to <my_server> * here he work very fine now , i've only an imap server error without aborting and the entire subdomain is deliver to my server . I think fetchmail is very reliable and flexible but we can take a time to read the man page because the syntax is little not clear for newbie Tony > > -- > Brian > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, > because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." > - unknown > > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ Tony Schonfeld - F5GIT - GRENOBLE - Voice/Data/Fax: +33 (0)476932598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://schonfeld.home.ml.org - http://www.voiron.com/associations/ham/ Hamnet (ax25): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
