You might want to try using getmail instead of fetchmail.

http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail/

JES
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 11:36 AM
Subject: qmail setup


>    I've looked a little in the archives, but couldn't find anything that
>really helps me, so I'll go ahead and post a message.  What I'm doing is
>collecting mail from a remotely hosted domain and distributing it to local
>users.  All mail sent to eh address is aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so
>I can fetch those messages via pop.  Fetchmail can handle that, but I
really
>don't know how to set it up.  Then, by specific means I'm not too sure
>about, qmail will take over and split the messages back up into their
>original delivery addresses If the to: line has, for example, has
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], it needs to be delivered to the local user.  I've read
>about .forward files?  I will be using the maildir format with qmail-pop3d
>so users can get their mail off the lan.
>    Could someone point me to a good qmail step-by-step guide to such a
>configuration?  I'm still unsure of even the most basic configuration.  The
>howto didn't seem to be too informative.  I already know what I need, but
>not exactly how to get it going.  Would anyone be willing to send me their
>qmail configuration for me to take a look at?  Just tell me what it does
and
>I'll adapt with information from the little documentation I've found.
Don't
>worry about size with the attachment.  :)
>
>Well, Thanks in advance,
>Jacob Joseph
>
>

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