Hello Malcolm, >I'd go with a small perl script hooked into syslog. The script would mostly >just print all it's input, but when it sees the LOGIN message, it also >triggers the fetchmail.
wouldn't help. The client (thunderbird) only does a login once, not for each poll. And for the login I can use "loginexec" which is much less trouble then messing with the syslog. >Alternatively, you could create a more complex scheme that looks at the >timestamps on the Maildir entries, but that would be much more complex since >it would have to ignore artifacts of itself. Sounds like a good idea, if I can't use propper hooks. >Other options: a "special" Maildir directory for which a modification to a >file would trigger the fetchmail, so just copy any old message to it and the >fetch would occur. > >Or a special address on the server (e.g. "fetchmail-userid") which would >trigger a fetch if you send anything to it (using maildrop). Too cumbersome and dangerous. If I accidently move the mail instead of copying, it would be lost ... A web interface to trigger fetchmail would be still klutzy but cleaner. Regards, Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
