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* system wide fetchmail
@  Raul A. Gallegos
   ` Thomas Ward
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Raul A. Gallegos @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Speakup Mailing-list

Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
not very clear on doing this.

Any help is appreciated.
-- 
A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
-- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net


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* Re: system wide fetchmail
   system wide fetchmail Raul A. Gallegos
@  ` Thomas Ward
     ` Gregory Nowak
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ward @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
want it to pop from, and it does it.
if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.

----- Original Message -----
From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul@asmodean.net>
To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: system wide fetchmail


> Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> not very clear on doing this.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> --
> A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



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* Re: system wide fetchmail
   ` Thomas Ward
@    ` Gregory Nowak
     ` Shaun Oliver
     ` Raul A . Gallegos
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Nowak @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Yeah, that's what I did too
when I was switching over from my former ISP's mail to my university mail account.
Greg


On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:27:57PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
> for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
> For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
> file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
> want it to pop from, and it does it.
> if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
> as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
> If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul@asmodean.net>
> To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
> Subject: system wide fetchmail
> 
> 
> > Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> > non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> > fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> > setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> > fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> > the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> > not very clear on doing this.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > --
> > A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> > admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> > tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup


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* Re: system wide fetchmail
   ` Thomas Ward
     ` Gregory Nowak
@    ` Shaun Oliver
     ` Raul A . Gallegos
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Shaun Oliver @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

hi tom I'd like to see a copy of that file if you don't mind, I have
several accounts  I'd like to fetch mail from.
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Thomas
Ward wrote:

> Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
> for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
> For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
> file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
> want it to pop from, and it does it.
> if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
> as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
> If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul@asmodean.net>
> To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
> Subject: system wide fetchmail
> 
> 
> > Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> > non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> > fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> > setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> > fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> > the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> > not very clear on doing this.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > --
> > A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> > admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> > tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 



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* Re: system wide fetchmail
   ` Thomas Ward
     ` Gregory Nowak
     ` Shaun Oliver
@    ` Raul A . Gallegos
       ` Steve Holmes
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Raul A . Gallegos @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

I've done that too but they all go into my main box.  For example if I'm
user raul and have user rgallegos, asmodean, and spam all on my
asmodean.net box the fetchmail will get all the mail from remote
accounts elsewhere but put them all in the raul account or all in the
root mail.

What I want to do is for example get raul's email and have it go to
raul, get asmodean's email and have it go to asmodean and get rgallegos'
mail and have it go to rgallegos.  Currently the way I'm doing it is
each user raul, asmodean, rgallegos have their own .fetchmailrc file.  I
know there is a way to have one global fetchmailrc and perhaps run by
user fetchmail and have it toss the mail in the appropriate
/var/spool/mail/user box.

Perhaps a sample is in order if you don't mind.

tward@bright.net said the following on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:27:57PM -0500:
> Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
> for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
> For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
> file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
> want it to pop from, and it does it.
> if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
> as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
> If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul@asmodean.net>
> To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
> Subject: system wide fetchmail
> 
> 
> > Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> > non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> > fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> > setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> > fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> > the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> > not very clear on doing this.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > --
> > A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> > admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> > tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
Raul A. Gallegos -- Sprint BWG Systems Administration
Network Operations Center 9300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212
Office:913/534.5603	PCS:913/488.3011
mailto:raul.a.gallegos@mail.sprint.com



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* Re: system wide fetchmail
     ` Raul A . Gallegos
@      ` Steve Holmes
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Steve Holmes @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

In your fetchmailrc file, insert multiple sets of fetchmail commands so
the sever sites can be polled at once. Within each set of commands, after
saying "poll account, password, blabla," add is <user> where <user> would
be the name of the local user on the machine.  You might want to read up
on the fetchmail man page about multi-drop; this stuff gets kinda heave
and I spent lots of time on it. The multi-drop thing allows you to have a
central mail pickup and have all mail sent to users at that mail box be
passed down and tossed to the respective local users. It works pretty
well.

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Raul A . Gallegos wrote:

> I've done that too but they all go into my main box.  For example if I'm
> user raul and have user rgallegos, asmodean, and spam all on my
> asmodean.net box the fetchmail will get all the mail from remote
> accounts elsewhere but put them all in the raul account or all in the
> root mail.
>
> What I want to do is for example get raul's email and have it go to
> raul, get asmodean's email and have it go to asmodean and get rgallegos'
> mail and have it go to rgallegos.  Currently the way I'm doing it is
> each user raul, asmodean, rgallegos have their own .fetchmailrc file.  I
> know there is a way to have one global fetchmailrc and perhaps run by
> user fetchmail and have it toss the mail in the appropriate
> /var/spool/mail/user box.
>
> Perhaps a sample is in order if you don't mind.
>
> tward@bright.net said the following on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:27:57PM -0500:
> > Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
> > for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
> > For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
> > file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
> > want it to pop from, and it does it.
> > if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
> > as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
> > If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul@asmodean.net>
> > To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
> > Subject: system wide fetchmail
> >
> >
> > > Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> > > non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> > > fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> > > setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> > > fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> > > the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> > > not very clear on doing this.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > > --
> > > A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> > > admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> > > tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> > > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> --
> Raul A. Gallegos -- Sprint BWG Systems Administration
> Network Operations Center 9300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212
> Office:913/534.5603	PCS:913/488.3011
> mailto:raul.a.gallegos@mail.sprint.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



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