On Monday 08 September 2003 18:36, Marc Adler wrote: > * Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-08 12:59]: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:22:58 -1000, Marc Adler wrote: > > > I'm not sure where to post this, so I'll start here. > > > > > > The problem: my computer is only downloading email from my pop3 > > > account when it's actually on. All messages that come in while > > > it's off are sent into the void. > > > > > > My setup: fetchmail -> procmail -> mutt. > > > > Your description is highly confusing. So, you have an e-mail > > account somewhere which is connected to the Internet permanently. > > That server account receives messages 24/7 and offers a POP3 > > service. On a different computer (your client) you use fetchmail to > > connect to the POP3 server in order to retrieve the messages. Now, > > who polls your POP3 mailbox when your client is turned of? > > No one. That was the problem. But as my appended post indicated, I > figured out where the messages were being sent: /var/spool/mail/root. > > > [...] > > > > Concerning your fetchmail daemon startup script, disable it and > > poll your POP3 mailbox manually to debug your problem. Also verify > > the contents of /etc/fetchmailrc. > > The contents of /etc/fetchmailrc are a copy of my .fetchmailrc, > because I saw that the script was calling /etc/fetchmailrc, and I > wanted it to send my mail to my mbox, not root's. All the "lost > messages" wind up in /var/spool/mail/root, instead of my user's mbox. > How can I correct this behavior? Should I change the script so that > it calls > /home/marc/.fetchmailrc?
Marc, Just a quick thought .... A couple of weeks ago you set up fetchmail to work by entering some crontab commands. Then, after getting that set up, you figured out how to use the /etc/init.d/fetchmail startup script. Did you remember to remove the crontab entries? If not, you'll have both the fetchmail daemon running via the /etc/init.d/fetchmail script and whatever command you entered into your crontab. Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
