On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 14:58 +0530, Sandeep Agarwal wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> When I run the getmail, following error msg appear on the screen.
> Please suggest to resolve this error.
<snip>
>   POP3 stat response:  3 messages, 5180 octets
>   POP3 list response:  +OK 3 messages (5180 octets)
>   msg #1/3 : len 2579 ... retrieved ... failed delivering message (refuse to deliver
> to commands as root), skipping
>   msg #2/3 : len 1301 ... retrieved ... failed delivering message (refuse to deliver
> to commands as root), skipping
>   msg #3/3 : len 1300 ... retrieved ... failed delivering message (refuse to deliver
> to commands as root), skipping
>   finished retrieving messages

if yu see the messages, it says clearly "refuse to deliver to commands
as root". that means, don't use getmail as root! do it as a normal user
 
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