Michael This paragraph extracted from MUO I think answers all these questions
Derek "So to poll your mail every five minutes, put this line into /etc/ppp/ip-up.local: fetchmail -d 300 Note that since ip-up/down scripts are called by a root process, 'Fetchmail' looks for its configuration file in root's home directory. For security reasons the configuration must only be read/writable by its owner (since your passwords are stored in there). 'Fetchmail' refuses to work with configurations which do not meet this requirement. Another effect is that you can't use a configuration file which does not belong to 'root'. This is simple logic: all programs started from ip-up/down scripts are owned by root and so does 'Fetchmail'. And 'Fetchmail' does not accept a configuration file which isn't owned by the user who started it. This command for 'root' will solve the problem: chown root:root .fetchmailrc && mv .fetchmailrc ~ Another possibility would be to run Fetchmail in daemon mode right on boot, e.g. by installing the 'fetchmail-daemon' package from your Mandrake CD. This package installs a service script in '/etc/rc.d/init.d' which can be controlled via the usual 'service' commands. If you use this package, the 'fetchmailrc' has to be located in the '/etc' directory." On Friday 26 October 2001 2:22 am, Michael wrote: > Penultimate leg of the exercise. > > My .fetchmailrc lines look like > [poll pop3.paradise.net.nz protocol pop3 > user "mbadams", with password "xxxxxxxx", > is "michael" here] > The lastline telling it [EMAIL PROTECTED] is which > local mailbox (or which /var/spool/... to store the incoming mail > in. > > Which format is better? > "fetchmail -d 600 -L ~/.fetchmaillog" in a startup script. > or > "fetchmail" in a script with the following lines in .fetchmailrc > "set daemon 600 > set logfile ~/.fetchmaillog" > Based on the last paragraph in man fetchmail discussing > DAEMON MODE i suspect the second method is better. > > What is the recommended script to run fetchmail in on bootup? > > Where do i put .fetchmailrc for root to do this? My guess > is /root. > > Do i still chmod .fetchmailrc to 0600? Perhaps 0400 is safer > for root (never can be too careful). > Do i chmod .fetchmaillog to 0600 as well? > > Is running fetchmail as a daemon in root ok, or not recommended? > > Can i ask any other silly questions without getting laughed at? > Just call me a Kiwi (New Zealander) on a steep learning curve. > > Jan Wilson wrote: > > * Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011024 06:21]: > > > My ISP is letting me have multiple POP3 accounts. > > > > > > How do i set my client to fetch them. Or can i > > > only view the other mailboxes online? > > > > > > I have kmail 1.0.28 or netscape 4.73. > > > > In your home directory, put (or edit) a file named > > .fetchmailrc > > > > You need a line for each pop3 account ... something like: > > > > poll mail.domain.com proto pop3 user myname password mypass > > > > Make sure that file has read and write permission for the user only, > > 0600 in octal code. > > > > Then, to fetch your mail from all 3 pop3 accounts, type > > > > fetchmail > > > > At the user prompt. > > > > For details, > > > > man fetchmail > > > > -- > > Jan Wilson, SysAdmin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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