meino.cra...@gmx.de writes:
> Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> [09-09-21 04:25]:
>> Ward Poelmans <wpoel...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> When using the line:
>> >>
>> >> @ 5 fetchmail -a
>> >>
>> >> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded
>> >> with
>> >>
>> >> fetchmail -a
>> >>
>> >> from the commandline.
>> >>
>> >> May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing
>> >> wrong here?
>> >
>> > Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding:
>> > */5 * * * * fetchmail -a
>> > in your cron file.
>>
>> Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon
>> mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron.
>>
>>
>
> fcron does run (see my previous mail).
> I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up
> fetchmail then?
> ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this
> is also recommended by some howtos...
Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that from
fcron?
@ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh
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