So you have a file like
poll isp.com protocol pop3 nodns
localdomains yourhostname
user username pass password to
root
*
here
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, davidturetsky wrote:
> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 04:25:26 -0700
> From: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: installing sendmail
>
> Yes, that is exactly what I did
>
> I've been doing this by hand since fetchmailconf assumes a graphical
> interface and I'm running from the command line
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:22 AM
> Subject: Re: installing sendmail
>
>
> > Actually if you have fetchmail installed then you can write your own
> > .fetchmailrc in your home directory.
> > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:20:22 -0700
> > > From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: installing sendmail
> > >
> > > At 01:58 PM 8/5/00 -0700, davidturetsky wrote:
> > > >I too have been trying to grope my way through sendmail. Yes it was
> > > >installed with my system at /usr/sbin, but there is no file
> .fetchmailrc or
> > > >sendmail.cf
> > > >
> > > >I wonder if I shouldn't download a fresh copy and (re)install it
> > >
> > > Bet you're wrong. You run Debian, yes? The default mailer for Debian is
> > > exim, not sendmail. It sets up a symlink "sendmail" that points to exim
> (any
> > > MTA does that, because way too many applications assume that name for
> the
> > > system's MTA to let them do anything else).
> > >
> > > Since fetchmail is a separate application, neither exim nor genuine
> sendmail
> > > would create any .fetchmailrc files. Try installing fetchmail.*.deb and
> > > fetchmailconf.*.deb for this. (I assume you know how to use apt-get by
> now.)
> > >
> > > Instead of sendmail.cf, you want to look for /etc/exim.conf (or, easier,
> run
> > > /usr/sbin/eximconfig).
> > >
>
>
>
>
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