Try this command below
fetchmail -d 300
Regards,
SKLIM
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux-Mandrake newbie mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:38 AM
Subject: [newbie] Fetchmail
> Can anyone tell me how to set up Fetchmail so that it runs as a daemon in
> the background? In fetchmailconf, for cycles to skip between polls, I put
> 300, as I wanted it to check every 5 minutes. But, if I type fetchmail at
> the command prompt, it just runs once, and details everything its doing
> (checking messages, how many messages, flushing messages) in the
> terminal. I clicked Invisible mode in fetchmailconf, but then I hit the
> Run Fetchmail button, and it brings up the fetchmail run window...and it
> still only seems to check once.
>
> I'm using 7.2, and fetchmailconf 1.28, if that makes a difference.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
>
> peace,
>
> Rog
>
> http://www.slammingrooves.com
> Registered Linux user #190719
>
>
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