I set up fetchmail to start as a daemon on boot, using a script Ross Boylan sent to the list recently - it specifies /root/.fetchmailrc
I have put the correct .fetchmailrc into /root, but when I now look at /var/log/exim/mainlog I see this: 2001-01-11 00:16:54 14GVQE-00007w-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=scgf (localhost) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=4036 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001-01-11 00:16:54 14GVQE-00007w-00 => gsmh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery Although I do get the mail (because I have set postmaster to point to myself as a user (gsmh) rather than root in /etc/aliases?) I don't think it is right to send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I ran fetchmail myself and used a .fetchmailrc in my home directory I saw this: 2001-01-10 07:39:41 14GFrB-0000yX-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=scgf (localhost) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=3106 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001-01-10 07:39:41 14GFrB-0000yX-00 => gsmh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery That looks much better. I am using exim to distribute mail recieved by fetchmail. Should I move .forward from /home/gsmh to /root as well? Can anyone comment on these two log entries? Many thanks. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
