> but see that I already have /etc/default/fetchmail (I'm running > debian), which means fetchmail will start automatically on boot. > However, won't fetchmail then be run by root and not see the > "set daemon 900" statement in ~/.fetchmailrc? So will fetchmail > fail to start in daemon mode for user?
If I remember correctly (been ages since I used Linux) /etc/default/fetchmail is a start-up script for fetchmail. You could then put your configuration stuff in /etc/fetchmailrc. It might also be a good idea to check if Debian package runs the daemon as fetchmail user, which is what I used to do when I used it, to avoid running it as root. Jamie
