Re: [newbie] fetchmail and pine
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Jeff wrote: thanks alot Paul! i like getmail and it wa very very easy to configure. i noticed Don was looking for something as an alternative to fetchmail so heres the url for anyone else... http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail/ i was going to give qmail a shot but sendmail is working well for me but i might try it out later.. Cool, glad that it works!! And on sendmail/qmail: use what works for you. An old chinese programmer's saying is: if it ain't bloke, don't fix it!! Paul )0(---)0( Why do you need BELIEF when you KNOW? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and pine
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 )0(---)0( Love does not make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and pine
I'm sorry I can't offer an answer, but I just wanted echo your frustration. I have
had the identical problem with
fetchmail--I have no idea where the messages are going, so there is no way to use pine
or mutt to any advantage.
No one so far has seemed to know what is going on. So I will add my plea for help.
Don J.
Jeff wrote:
ok ive been trying to configure fetchmail an pine and im having some
difficulty.. i have pine sending msg's and im recieving them fine but
fetchmail isnt putting my msg's in /var/spool/mail/LeadingEdge i dont know
where its puttibng them but ive lost quite a few msg's since i started messing
with it..
ok heres what i did ..
first i ran fetchmailconf and got it running. fetchmail seems to be running
good it downloads mesg's but not to /var/spool/mail/LeadingEdge so im thinking
maybe its the file permissions getting in the way. so i do
"chmod a+rw /var/spool/mail/LeadingEdge" so now everyone on the box has read
write permission to that file, but that doesnt matter as im the only one on
here.. still no good the mesg's im downloading just arent in there. instead
of running fetchmail in daemon mode at this point im just using fetchmail to
check once when i type the command cause ive lost alot of mail and have no idea
if anything there was important..
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
heres the config files
(sorry this is so long i just wanna be detailed)
-fetchmail--
# Configuration created Fri Apr 28 23:23:53 2000 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "LeadingEdge"
set bouncemail
set properties ""
poll mail.nccw.net with proto POP3
user "Leading_Edge" there is Leading_Edge here
-end fetchmail
---pine-
# Over-rides your full name from Unix password file. Required for PC-Pine.
personal-name=Jeff
# Sets domain part of From: and local addresses in outgoing mail.
user-domain=kmfms.com
# List of SMTP servers for sending mail. If blank: Unix Pine uses sendmail.
smtp-server=mail.nccw.net
# NNTP server for posting news. Also sets news-collections for news reading.
nntp-server=news.nccw.net
# Path of (local or remote) INBOX, e.g. ={mail.somewhere.edu}inbox
# Normal Unix default is the local INBOX (usually /usr/spool/mail/$USER).
inbox-path=
# List of incoming msg folders besides INBOX, e.g. ={host2}inbox, {host3}inbox
# Syntax: optnl-label {optnl-imap-host-name}folder-path
incoming-folders=
# List of directories where saved-message folders may be. First one is
# the default for Saves. Example: Main {host1}mail/[], Desktop mail\[]
# Syntax: optnl-label {optnl-imap-hostname}optnl-directory-path[]
folder-collections=
# List, only needed if nntp-server not set, or news is on a different host
# than used for NNTP posting. Examples: News *[] or News *{host3/nntp}[]
# Syntax: optnl-label *{news-host/protocol}[]
news-collections=
# List of folder pairs; the first indicates a folder to archive, and the
# second indicates the folder read messages in the first should
# be moved to.
incoming-archive-folders=
# List of context and folder pairs, delimited by a space, to be offered for
# pruning each month. For example: {host1}mail/[] mumble
pruned-folders=
# Over-rides default path for sent-mail folder, e.g. =old-mail (using first
# folder collection dir) or ={host2}sent-mail or ="" (to suppress saving).
# Default: sent-mail (Unix) or SENTMAIL.MTX (PC) in default folder collection.
default-fcc=
# Over-rides default path for saved-msg folder, e.g. =saved-messages (using first
# folder collection dir) or ={host2}saved-mail or ="" (to suppress saving).
# Default: saved-messages (Unix) or SAVEMAIL.MTX (PC) in default folder collection.
default-saved-msg-folder=
# Over-rides default path for postponed messages folder, e.g. =pm (which uses
# first folder collection dir) or ={host4}pm (using home dir on host4).
# Default: postponed-msgs (Unix) or POSTPOND.MTX (PC) in default fldr coltn.
postponed-folder=
# If set, specifies where already-read messages will be moved upon quitting.
read-message-folder=
# If set, specifies where form letters should be stored.
form-letter-folder=
# Over-rides default path for signature file. Default is ~/.signature
signature-file=
---i think this should be enuff-
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