I don't know about fetchmailconf, but sometimes the old ways are still the best.
Try this:
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/fetchmail stop
# vi /etc/fetchmailrc
<Make the config changes as you desire>
:wq
#fetchmail -f /etc/fetchmailrc
That should do it..............
Praedor Tempus wrote:
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> I have been running postfix on my system for a long time, primarily for
> sending mail, receiving mail from my yahoo pop mail account. I am now trying
> to setup fetchmail to work with postfix and procmail plus spamassassin to act
> for both incoming and outgoing mail.
>
> I have fetchmail 6.1.0 and fetchmailconf. I ran fetchmailconf to configure
> fetchmail during an initial test but now the test is over and I want to
> change its polling behavior. I try to run fetchmailconf now and it errors
> out with this:
> [praedor@lapdog praedor]$ fetchmailconf
> Can't read configuration output of fetchmail --configdump.
>
> This has happened twice. I can only run fetchmailconf once. After that, it
> is impossible because it errors out. What is the problem here and how do I
> fix it?
>
> praedor
> - --
> Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars.
> - - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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