Here are my settings:
# .fetchmailrc David Turetsky 8.5.00
poll pop3.email.msn.com
proto pop3
nodns
user MSN/davidturetsky
pass secret
smtp smtp.email.msn.com
keep
I'm taking suggestions!
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: installing sendmail
> Fetchmail is pretty straightforward, but here's a head start :-)
>
> # /home/*/.fetchmailrc
> defaults proto POP3 fetchall nokeep
> poll pop3.ISPserver.com
> user [EMAIL PROTECTED] is systemuser pass secret
>
> the first line offers options for one or more accounts; I
> actually check two accounts, but have listed one as an example.
>
> POP3 is the protocal, retrieve all messages (new or old)
> and don't keep them on the server; I used 'keep' until I got it
> working.
>
> On the next line, check this email server (it's the POP3 server.)
>
> On the last line I have 'user' followed by my user name,
> and then (because my login on my linux box) is different from my
> email address, I tell fetchmail 'email is user' or mail to
> my email address should be routed to the login name on my linux
> box.
>
> You could follow this with further lines like:
>
> poll pop3.anywhere.com
> user [EMAIL PROTECTED] is rks pass secret
>
> to poll additional mail servers.
>
> You'd then want to look into procmail :-)
>
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