Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron fetchmail procmail and the why not?
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com [09-09-21 04:25]: Ward Poelmans wpoel...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: When using the line: @ 5 fetchmail -a nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded with fetchmail -a from the commandline. May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing wrong here? Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: */5 * * * * fetchmail -a in your cron file. Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron. fcron does run (see my previous mail). I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up fetchmail then? ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this is also recommended by some howtos... Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that from fcron? @ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh -- I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. -- August Strindberg - This message may be digitally signed: GPG KeyID:0x9D2FD6C8 || FNMT SSL cert
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron fetchmail procmail and the why not?
Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila galiza.ce...@gmail.com [09-09-21 17:13]: meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com [09-09-21 04:25]: Ward Poelmans wpoel...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: When using the line: @ 5 fetchmail -a nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded with fetchmail -a from the commandline. May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing wrong here? Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: */5 * * * * fetchmail -a in your cron file. Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron. fcron does run (see my previous mail). I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up fetchmail then? ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this is also recommended by some howtos... Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that from fcron? @ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh -- I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. -- August Strindberg - This message may be digitally signed: GPG KeyID:0x9D2FD6C8 || FNMT SSL cert No I havent, since I see no difference to calling a real executable -- but I will give it try. By the way: Calling fetchmal -d from ~/.openbox/autostart.sh also does not work, but other programs started from there do have no problems. -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron fetchmail procmail and the why not?
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 17:43, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: By the way: Calling fetchmal -d from ~/.openbox/autostart.sh also does not work, but other programs started from there do have no problems. Try running fetchmail -d -v --logfile ~/fetchmail.log in your autostart or cron and see if fetchmail gets started and if it gives any kind of error. Ward
[gentoo-user] Re: fcron fetchmail procmail and the why not?
Ward Poelmans wpoel...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: When using the line: @ 5 fetchmail -a nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded with fetchmail -a from the commandline. May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing wrong here? Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: */5 * * * * fetchmail -a in your cron file. Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron fetchmail procmail and the why not?
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com [09-09-21 04:25]: Ward Poelmans wpoel...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: When using the line: @ 5 fetchmail -a nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded with fetchmail -a from the commandline. May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing wrong here? Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: */5 * * * * fetchmail -a in your cron file. Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron. fcron does run (see my previous mail). I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up fetchmail then? ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this is also recommended by some howtos... -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
