Fetchmail.rc question

Fetchmail.rc question

[dan Murphy]

Does anyone know how a .fetchmail.rc file would be written to access 
gmail?  I saw some discussion about that here last fall, but didn't take 
note of it.
I would like to use fetchmail on my Linux box to pole from my gmail 
account, and their documentation doesn't even mention Linux.
thanks in advance.

Re: Fetchmail.rc question

[David Poehlman]

They have instructions for both pop and IMap.  either should help.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dan Murphy" <mweeby@verizon.net>
To: "speakup is a screen review system for linux" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:06 PM
Subject: Fetchmail.rc question


Does anyone know how a .fetchmail.rc file would be written to access 
gmail?  I saw some discussion about that here last fall, but didn't take 
note of it.
I would like to use fetchmail on my Linux box to pole from my gmail 
account, and their documentation doesn't even mention Linux.
thanks in advance.


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Re: Fetchmail.rc question

[C.M. Brannon]

dan Murphy <mweeby@verizon.net> writes:

> Does anyone know how a .fetchmail.rc file would be written to access 
> gmail?  I saw some discussion about that here last fall, but didn't take 
> note of it.

gmail uses pop3, so you'd use the same style of .fetchmailrc that you
use with any other pop3 provider.  gmail also supports pop3 over SSL /
TLS, and I use that instead of plain old unencrypted pop3.
You may also have to enable POP in your gmail settings page, if it isn't
already enabled.

Personally, I use getmail instead of fetchmail.  It's less
complicated, doesn't require an SMTP server, and is written in
python.  Fetchmail is written in C, and there are plenty of exploits
for it.  Here's a copy of my .getmailrc file:

===begin getmailrc===
[options]
delete = 1
[retriever]
type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server = pop.gmail.com
username = cmbrannon79
password = VerySecretPassword
[destination]
type = MDA_external
path = /usr/bin/procmail
arguments = ("-f", "%(sender)")
user = chrbran
===end getmailrc===

Most of this should be pretty self-explanatory.  The [destination]
section of the config file tells getmail to pass incoming messages to
procmail, delivering them to chrbran (which is the name of my user
account).
This should all translate nicely to fetchmailrc syntax, if need be.

HTH,
-- Chris

Re: Fetchmail.rc question

[dan Murphy]

thanks much.  I have looked at getmail but never got it running 
successfully.  this may help me with that, and also if I deside to stay 
with fetchmail I can make the necessary changes.
thanks again.
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, C.M. 
Brannon wrote:

> dan Murphy <mweeby@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> Does anyone know how a .fetchmail.rc file would be written to access
>> gmail?  I saw some discussion about that here last fall, but didn't take
>> note of it.
>
> gmail uses pop3, so you'd use the same style of .fetchmailrc that you
> use with any other pop3 provider.  gmail also supports pop3 over SSL /
> TLS, and I use that instead of plain old unencrypted pop3.
> You may also have to enable POP in your gmail settings page, if it isn't
> already enabled.
>
> Personally, I use getmail instead of fetchmail.  It's less
> complicated, doesn't require an SMTP server, and is written in
> python.  Fetchmail is written in C, and there are plenty of exploits
> for it.  Here's a copy of my .getmailrc file:
>
> ===begin getmailrc===
> [options]
> delete = 1
> [retriever]
> type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
> server = pop.gmail.com
> username = cmbrannon79
> password = VerySecretPassword
> [destination]
> type = MDA_external
> path = /usr/bin/procmail
> arguments = ("-f", "%(sender)")
> user = chrbran
> ===end getmailrc===
>
> Most of this should be pretty self-explanatory.  The [destination]
> section of the config file tells getmail to pass incoming messages to
> procmail, delivering them to chrbran (which is the name of my user
> account).
> This should all translate nicely to fetchmailrc syntax, if need be.
>
> HTH,
> -- Chris
>
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Re: Fetchmail.rc question

[Gaijin]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:06:45PM -0500, dan Murphy wrote:
> Does anyone know how a .fetchmail.rc file would be written to access 
> gmail?  I saw some discussion about that here last fall, but didn't take 
> note of it.

	Here's my fetchmailrc file with the password  blanked:

# Configuration created Fri Jan 11 08:57:08 2002 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "postmaster"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties ""
poll mail.clearwire.net with proto POP3
  user 'gaijin' there with password '****' is 'gaijin' here

	It's pretty easy to follow, and 'man fetchmailrc' should give
you a good idea of what the settings are all about.  HTH,

			Michael