On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Jeff wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Are you just pulling mail from 1 server to dump it in 1 place on disk?
Stop fiddling then with Fetchmail. I use GETMAIL, a simple little Python
program. Works like a charm and has a TOO SIMPLE setup. A .getmailrc
config file is all you need:
# This is a sample .getmailrc file
# Comments begin with '#' and so can't appear in usernames, passwords, etc.
# Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored.
#
# To preserve leading or trailing whitespace on an option value, quote it with
# single or double quotes, e.g.
#
# password = ' this is a password '
# or
# password = " this is another password "
#
# Blank lines are ignored.
#
# Accounts to retrieve mail from are specified, one per section in this format:
#
#[section_name] # Make them unique and meaningful to yourself.
#account=popusername
#host=pophost.isp.com
#port=110 # Optional, defaults to standard POP3 port (110)
#destination=path # Maildir or mbox file for mailbox accounts, and
default
# # destination for domain mailbox accounts
#password=POP3password # Optional. If not supplied, getmail will
# # prompt for a password.
#delete=(yes|no) # Optional, delete mail after retrieving.
#readall=(yes|no) # Optional, retrieve all mail or just new mail.
# # 'delete' defaults to 'no'.
# # 'readall' defaults to 'yes'
#type=(mailbox|domainbox) # Optional, defaults to 'mailbox'. 'domainbox'
# # is a domain mailbox, also known as a multidrop
# # mailbox.
#email=destination[:username] # For domain mailbox accounts, specify lines with
#email=destination[:username] # email=destination[:username to change
# ownership of
Maildir files] pairs
#[...]
#################################
[Demon] # Any unique identifier
type=mailbox # Not necessary, this is the default
account=pagan # Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored
host = pop3.demon.nl # Whitespace around the '=' is OK too
destination=/home/paul/Maildir # my maildir
password = ********
delete=yes # Delete mail after retrieving
readall=no
>ok and for pine i got it set up and it sends msgs but of course cant read the
>mail cause nothing is in /var/spool/mail/LeadingEdge
I use this with pine, together with Qmail to send out the mail (Sendmail
is a pita.) Works wunnerful for me!
Being as longwinded and hopefully clear as you...
Paul
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