Ward Poelmans <wpoel...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> When using the line: >> >> @ 5 fetchmail -a >> >> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded >> with >> >> fetchmail -a >> >> from the commandline. >> >> May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing >> wrong here? > > Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: > */5 * * * * fetchmail -a > in your cron file.
Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron.
