Dan,
Have you thought about adding the command to launch fetchmail to
/etc/ip-up.local? I was just sitting here reading your post and I thought
of that. That is where the command to start my firewall is, and the
firewall starts each and every time a connection is made to the internet.
So, when ip-up.local is executed the firewall is started. I don't see why
that method wouldn't work for your application.
--
Mark
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On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 Daniel Anderson spake passionately saying:
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail
> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:56:07 -0500
> From: Daniel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi mark,
> I used fetchmailconf to set it up to poll my isp's pop server every
> two hours,and have been starting it with a link in the KDE autostart
> folder,has been working fine for a few weeks.What i'm wanting to do is
> start it without logging in,if that is possible.This machine is running
> as a server on my home network,and I'm using postfix locally on the
> network and a pop server from which I retreive my mail after it has been
> downloaded.
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > What you first have to do is make sure that fetchmail is checked to start
> > automatically in Drakeconf->Startup Services. When you've done that restart
> > your system.
> >
> > Then is you wish to run fetchmail from a terminal window you can issue this
> > command;
> >
> > fetchmail -u username mail.yourhost.com
> >
> > If you wish to run fetchmail as a daemon issue the command this way:
> >
> > fetchmail -d 150 -u username mail.yourhost.com
> >
> > If you wish to setup fetchmail once and for all then on the command line
> > issue this command:
> >
> > fetchmailconf
> >
> > This will open a fetchmail configuration utility that will allow you to
> > create a .fetchmailrc file that will be read and executed when ever you start
> > your machine and connect to the internet, and/or open a terminal window and
> > issue just a plain fetchmail command to either awaken or initiate the
> > fetchmail process.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Saturday 23 December 2000 21:17, you wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the
> > > line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click
> > > on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be
> > > greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1
> > >
> > > Dan
>
