At 11:22 AM 3/21/01 -0800, you wrote: >How can I tell whether or not getmail.conf is working? I setup >getmail.conf, but the email msgs are not making it to the newsgroup? How >can I tell where the problem is? How often does getmail.conf poll the >mailserver? Do changes to getmail.conf require a dnews bounce? See http://netwinsite.com/dnews/tomail.htm however, specifically. >How can I tell whether or not getmail.conf is working? How to test/fix tomail/getmail First, if you put a subject in the tomail.conf rule, that is a filter, not the subject of the message to send, so it will only send messages which contain that subject, not all messages, this is often the problem, try removing the subject setting. Second, Make sure you have dnews 5.4 or later. Third, ensure you have an smtp entry in newsfeeds.conf, e.g. site your.mail.server smtp Fourth, if you put a getmail_at setting in dnews.conf, ensure it is correct, it should be *5 * with a space between the 5 and the second asterix. Lastly, test it like this: tellnews debug tomail:getmail: tellnews loglvl debug Then wait 10 minutes and search the log for "tomail" or "getmail", e.g. find "tomail" dnews.log > I setup >getmail.conf, but the email msgs are not making it to the newsgroup? How >can I tell where the problem is? How often does getmail.conf poll the >mailserver? Every 10 minutes if getmail_at is *5 *, did you add these settings to dnews.conf getmail_from email@address getmail_at *5 * > Do changes to getmail.conf require a dnews bounce? You should do a tellnews reload ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] a message containing a single line, unsubscribe Problems with: Incoming feed problems: http://netwinsite.com/dnews/feedsin.htm Access rule problems: http://netwinsite.com/dnews/access.htm General FAQ: http://netwinsite.com/dnews/faq.htm
