Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-24 10:46:15, schrieb Paul E Condon: I've been following this thread precisely because I don't know how to gain control over the email aspects of my Etch system. Prior posts in this thread, indicated that getmail could be used as a replacement for fetchmail. But, I have come to

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-27 07:26:20, schrieb Owen Heisler: On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul Stolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses be rejected at SMTP time with fetchmail? SMTP? fetchmail is using POP3 to

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. Getmail can do this on its own just fine (well not the actual filtering, but then neither does exim/postfix), no need for the

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. Getmail can do this on its own just fine

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul Stolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that this would then use exim's spam and virus checking (I actually don't have that going through exim.) Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses be rejected at SMTP time with fetchmail? SMTP? fetchmail is using POP3 to

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul Stolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that this would then use exim's spam and virus checking (I actually don't have that going through exim.) Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses be rejected at

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul Stolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that this would then use exim's spam and virus checking (I actually don't have that going through exim.) Perhaps I'm missing the

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Benedict Verheyen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Andrei Popescu schreef: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does fetchmail

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-03-26 17:49:38 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: Also, I was unconvinced by the reasoning of several posters that they use fetchmail and have never been bothered by losing email: If I were losing email, how would I know? [...] If you don't receive anything, this may be an indication. FYI,

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 18:15 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul Stolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that this would then use exim's spam and virus checking (I actually don't have

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spam before a full message is received. Is it true that in the case

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Owen Heisler
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 02:08 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spam before

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Paul Stolp wrote: [options] verbose=1 unnecessary, default *is* 1 readall=1 That should be read_all and the default *is* true delete=1 message_log=~/.getmail/getmail.log [retriever] type=SimplePOP3Retriever server=.xxx username=x

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/27/07 18:08, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. Getmail can do this on its own just fine (well not the actual filtering,

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Stolp
* Chris Bannister [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-27 18:45]: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Paul Stolp wrote: [options] verbose=1 unnecessary, default *is* 1 readall=1 That should be read_all and the default *is* true Thanks, I'll try removing these lines. I would think

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Andrei Popescu schreef: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does fetchmail also do reinjection in a mail queue? As I understand it, the

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
Benedict Verheyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Popescu schreef: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does fetchmail also do reinjection in

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Paul Stolp
* Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-26 17:00]: Benedict Verheyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Popescu schreef: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:54:11AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: Andrei Popescu schreef: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does fetchmail also do reinjection in a mail queue? As I understand it, the pop3/imap protocols were created to

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/25/07 14:01, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.) What is 'reinjection in a mail queue'? Where can I learn how this differs from whatever is being done by fetchmail as an example case? Or does fetchmail also do

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix or dovecot? I don't know what fetchmail does, but I don't think it delivers directly to ~/.Maildir. Also, I haven't

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix or dovecot? I don't know what fetchmail does, but

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix or

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:03:22PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by

getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-23 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 09:38 -0400, Celejar wrote: I'm not much of an expert, but here's an excerpt from the getmail FAQ: Why did you write getmail? Why not just use fetchmail? Short answer: ... well, the short answer is mostly unprintable. The long answer is ... well, long: