This is my /root/.fetchmailrc. I run fetchmail as a daemon
# Configuration created Sun Aug 22 13:05:28 1999 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "postmaster"
poll pop.ne.mediaone.net with proto POP3 user XXX is YYY pass MyPass
Where XXX is my user on my home system, YYY is my mediaone user id, and
MyPass is my password.
Here is my /sbin/init.d/fetchmail script:
fetchmail:# /sbin/init.d/fetchmail
fetchmail:# please edit /root/.fetchmailrc
fetchmail: echo "Starting fetchmail-daemon"
fetchmail: /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 180 -a -L /var/log/fetchmail -f
/root/.fetchmailrc
fetchmail: echo -n "Shutting down fetchmail-daemon"
fetchmail: /usr/bin/fetchmail -quit
Robert Yelle wrote:
> I have a RedHat 6.2 firewall (ipchains runlevel 3) set up at home with
> two machines (runlevel 5 full installs) networked to it, a dual boot
> linux 6.2/windows 95 and a RedHat 6.2.
> They are all on the web and functioning fine.
> I want to use fetchmail to get my mail from pop.ne.mediaone.net.
>
> fetchmail -u username pop.ne.mediaone.net
>
> is asks for my passwd and I supply it then it returns error 2.
> it tells me something like username valid but ip address not existent
> (Im not at home right now)
> When I do a nslookup on the pop.ne.mediaone.net I get 24.147.1.149 my
> mail server address resolves fine.
> Can any one see the obvious error here?
> I am looking to pick up my mail and drop it to the appropriate machines
> inside the house.
> I am looking for another mediaone person to reveal their command line.
>
> I plan to run fetchmail as an hourly cron using the fetchmailrc file
> after I work out the semantics of the options needed
> ps. I have read the man pages
>
> Thank you
>
> Rob from No.Weare
>
>
>
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