* Jon Dowland wrote on 2012-01-19 at 11:38 (+0000): > On 19/01/12 09:32, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >You could try with fetchmail, but I am not completely sure > >whether it can store what it retrieves in a mbox or whether it > >only supports maildir. > > Fairly sure fetchmail (et al) can inject mail to the local MDA, > so where it ends up afterwards depends on how you've set up > exim or an alternative. > > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: > getmail or mpop are options.
Is this a general advice? If so, then why? Or is it your advice for the OP's aim to directly deliver messages to a mbox or maildir without exim and without running an MDA. Yes, I checked the short package descriptions of getmail and mpop. And I'm using fetchmail for myself (but no POP3s) without any problems. Regards, Mathias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120119125009.gb12...@gmx.org
