Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> It works well and I like the version of Lynx that comes with it, but
> I have been unable to find how to set up fetchmail.
$ man fetchmail
will get you all kinds of info (maybe *too* much!),
but here's the condensed version:
Make a file in your target user's home directory called
.fetchmailrc
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set postmaster "<postmaster>" # postmaster might be root, or whatever
# user you want to act in that capacity
set bouncemail
set properties ""
set daemon 900 # this only needs to be here if you call
# call fetchmail from something like
# your local dialup script.
poll pop.wherever.com with proto POP3
user <remote username> there with password <pop password> is\
<local username> here options forcecr
# repeat as many "poll" sections as pop servers you need to
# check
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The \ at the end of the user line is to indicate that it shouldn't
have a cr there. It needs to all be on a single line.
If you want to do an immediate run of fetchmail, do
$ fetchmail -d 0 # the -d is for daemon mode, 0 for delay
Personally, I just do
$ fetchmail -d 444
which tells it to check every 444 seconds. Usually, I just
let the daemon run all the time, regardless of whether I'm
actually online or not. Then when I do go online, I have less
than 7.4 minutes to wait for mail.
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