On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 18:34 +1100, Robert S wrote: > I have been fetchmail/cron to retrieve messages from my ISP's > mailserver (POP). Messages are being left on the server. This system > has been running for at least a year without a glitch. Last night I > > found over 2000 messages in my inbox - for some reason fetchmail has > started not recognising messages as being "read" and is retrieving them > every 30 minutes. I recently upgraded clamav, but the fetchmail binary > > and its config files have not changed. My configuration: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .fetchmailrc > poll pop.******.com.au > proto pop3 > user "****" > pass "*******" > keep > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ crontab -l > 0,30 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail -s &> /dev/null > > Can somebody explain why this has occurred? I seem to remember having > this problem a number of years ago. I'm beginning to think that using > > fetchmail with the "keep" option is not a good idea.
Maybe the ISP did something? Why are you leaving them on the POP server? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." Albert Einstein (03/14/1879-1955) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
