Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-27 07:26:20, schrieb Owen Heisler: > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses > > > be rejected at SMTP time with fetchmail? > > SMTP? fetchmail is usi

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-24 10:46:15, schrieb Paul E Condon: > I've been following this thread precisely because I don't know how to > gain control over the email aspects of my Etch system. > > Prior posts in this thread, indicated that getmail could be used as a > replacement for fetchmail. But, I have come t

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails > >>> through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails >>> through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. >>> Getmail can do this on its ow

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails > > through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. > > Getmail can do this on its own just fine (well not the actual > > filtering, but then neither does exim/postfix), no need

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Stolp
* Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-27 18:45]: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Paul Stolp wrote: > > [options] > > verbose=1 > unnecessary, default *is* 1 > > > readall=1 > > That should be read_all and the default *is* true > Thanks, I'll try removing these lines. > >

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/27/07 18:08, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] > What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an > MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. Getmail can do > this on its own just fine (well not the actual filtering,

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Paul Stolp wrote: > [options] > verbose=1 unnecessary, default *is* 1 > readall=1 That should be read_all and the default *is* true > delete=1 > message_log=~/.getmail/getmail.log > [retriever] > type=SimplePOP3Retriever > server=.xxx > username=

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 02:08 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I > > think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I > > didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spa

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I > think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I > didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spam before a full > message is received. Is it true that in the c

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 18:15 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would think that this would then use exim's spam and > > > > virus checking (I actual

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-03-26 17:49:38 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > Also, I was unconvinced by the reasoning of several posters that > they use fetchmail and have never been bothered by losing email: If > I were losing email, how would I know? [...] If you don't receive anything, this may be an indication. FYI,

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Benedict Verheyen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Andrei Popescu schreef: > > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this > >> differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? > >> Or do

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would think that this would then use exim's spam and > > > virus checking (I actually don't have that going > > > through exim.) > > > > > > Perhaps

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would think that this would then use exim's spam and > > virus checking (I actually don't have that going > > through exim.) > > > > Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses > > be

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would think that this would then use exim's spam and > virus checking (I actually don't have that going > through exim.) > > Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses > be rejected at SMTP time with fetchmail? SMTP? fetchmail is using POP3 t

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:54:11AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Andrei Popescu schreef: > > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this > >> differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? > >> O

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Paul Stolp
* Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-26 17:00]: > Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Andrei Popescu schreef: > > > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how > > >> this differs from whatever is b

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu schreef: > > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how > >> this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an > >> example case? Or does fetchmail also

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Andrei Popescu schreef: > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this >> differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? >> Or does fetchmail also do reinjection in a mail queue? > > As I understand it,

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/25/07 14:01, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this >> differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? >> Or does fetchmai

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this > differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? > Or does fetchmail also do reinjection in a mail queue? As I understand it, the pop3/imap protocols were create

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:03:22PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by > > > postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through >

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by > > postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix > > or dovecot? I don't know what fetchmail

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by > postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix > or dovecot? I don't know what fetchmail does, but I don't think it > delivers directly to ~/.Maildir. Also, I hav

getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-23 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 09:38 -0400, Celejar wrote: > I'm not much of an expert, but here's an excerpt from the getmail FAQ: > > > Why did you write getmail? Why not just use fetchmail? > > > >Short answer: ... well, the short answer is mostly unprintable. The long > >answer is ... well, lo