> Hi, > > I have a strange problem with fetchmail. It worked all fine but I was > wondering why i was not getting any mails in the past weeks. So I sent a > messeage from my account at university and I didn't recieve it. I usually > run fetchmail automatically when I go online with pon. this is my > fetchmail-up script: > > #!/bin/sh > export LOGNAME=root > export HOME=root > test -r /etc/fetchmailrc && \ > /usr/bin/fetchmail --invisible -v -a --fetchmailrc > /etc/fetchmailrc > > and here is my fetchmailrc: > > set syslog > set postmaster "frank" > set nobouncemail > set properties "" > set daemon 900 > poll mail.uklinux.net proto pop3 > user xx there with password ???? is frank here warnings > 3600 > > I copied it to ~/.fetchmailrc and run the test option in fetchmailconf > (after sending a mail to an echo server). everything looks fine. Fetchmail > says it fetching the mail and the deleting it from the server. But i can't > find them on my system, neither in /var/spool/mail/frank nor in my home > directory. > > Any hints on where to look for them and what might go wrong?? > > Thanks, > Frank
Greetings, I had a similar problem and could not work out a resolution, so I deleted the daemon reference in my .fetchmailrc and used a crontab to run it. It's not the best thing to do, but it's practical. HTH, Brooks