* Chris Job ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Can anyone tell if I've done anything wrong configuring my fetchmail
> (see below)? I can send mail but can't get mail from my ISP. I'm using
> Pine. My distro is RH5.2
>
> Also, once I get my email working properly, how do I set it up so that
> fetchmail automatically checks for mail whenever I boot-up my PC.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
>
> Contents of my .fetchmailrc file
>
> # Configuration created Wed Oct 6 21:35:58 1999 by fetchmailconf
> set syslog
> set postmaster "myusername"
> set daemon 2
Erm. Check every two seconds? That's a bit mean, as it'll take more
than two to do the check. Try 60. The actual minimum recommended value
by the developers is 15.
> poll mail.myISP.net with proto APOP user "myusername" password
Is this protocol correct? I use POP3...
> "mypassword"
> user "myusername" there with password "mypassword" is "username"
The first mypassword should be your remote password, not the same
(necessarily) as your local one...
To find out where the problem is, add this line to your rc:
set logfile "/home/your_username/.fetchmail_log"
and run with fetchmail -v (verbose).
Then check the logfile for what went wrong.
(Alternatively remove the daemon line from the rc, and run fetchmail
-v to get the errors on the console).
If you're still not sure, stick the output of fetchmail -v on the
list...
Tom.
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