>> "RC" == Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [smail setup]
What is the problem with this? RC> Also, I use fetchmail and Pine to read my mail. Fetchmail connects, and RC> retrieves my mail - RC> I have verbose set, so I know it connects and transfers messages, and I RC> have the keep option RC> active. However, no messages are saved on my machine. RC> /var/spool/mail/russ is a zero length RC> file. The mail does not seem to be in my home directory either. Can RC> anyone suggest things RC> to check? You run fetchmail as user ross, right? Check your .fetchmailrc poll pop3.provider.com protocol pop3 username rosscook password whatever is ross here fetchall Check if there is something in /var/spool/smail/input and if /var/log/smail/logfile contains entries about the mail not beeing delivered or such. Ciao, Martin [please don't quote the old message below your question]