On 2026-08-17, Roger Price wrote:
> Answer : This is because Debian doesn't use the configuration file given in
> the
> man page - it doesn't use the configuration file /root/.fetchmailrc . To
> understand, you need to look at file /etc/init.d/fetchmail where you will
> find
> the lines
What is your version ? Here I have fetchmail 6.4.39-1
And man fetchmail or fetchmailrc shows :
GENERAL OPERATION
The behavior of fetchmail is controlled by command-line options
and a run control file, ~/.fetchmailrc, the syntax of which we
describe in a later section (this file is what the
fetchmailconf program edits). Command-line options override
~/.fetchmailrc declarations.
