Paul Nathan Puri said > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:18:07PM -0500, Chuck Stickelman wrote: > > Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > > > > Fetchmail downloads my email apparently. But it does not, put the email > > > in a place where mutt can find it. After running fetchmail, mail is > > > downloaded, but then when I start mutt, there is nothing there. > > > > > > What do I need in my ~/.fetchmailrc file to make it put the mail > > > in the right place? > > > > > > > I had to add the following line to /root/.fetchmailrc in order to get the > > mail > > delivered: > > > > postconnect '/usr/bin/runq' > > > > > -- > > > NatePuri > > > Certified Law Student > > > & Debian GNU/Linux Monk > > > McGeorge School of Law > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://ompages.com > > > Receive my PGP Public Key from http://www.pgp.com/ > > > > > > > HTH. > > > > Chuck > > > > -- > > Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: > > Practical Network Design Voice: +1-419-529-3841 > > 9 Chambers Road FAX: +1-419-529-3625 > > Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA > > > > > > > > Why do you have it in /root/.fetchmailrc? Does it matter that I'm usually in > my user space? > I have fetchmail starting in /etc/init.d therefore it's run as root and needs the runcontrol file in root's home directory. Should work for you when it's run by/as you and the rc file is ~/.fetchmailrc.
At least, so says the man page... > -- > NatePuri > Certified Law Student > & Debian GNU/Linux Monk > McGeorge School of Law > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ompages.com > Receive my PGP Public Key from http://www.pgp.com/ > > Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Practical Network Design Voice: +1-419-529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX: +1-419-529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA
