From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.yi.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18b2EI-0007GP-00 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:30:30 -0500 Received: from localhost (IDENT:1003@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.yi.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h0LHUFRh005884 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:30:23 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:30:13 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Snow X-X-Sender: alex_snow@h14me.yi.org To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Silencing fetchmail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I got it fixed. It was this god damn biff thing. It still is saying "you have new mail in /var/spool/mail/alex_snow but that's not bad. Biff was dispalying the whole message. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Igor Gueths wrote: > Does Fetchmail not act silent even though you have it running as a cron > job? One thing to try would be adding > /dev/NULL 2>&1 to make sure it is > silent. This does have the side effect of not warning about connection > problems. However, if you leave the configuration as is for the forseeable > future, you shouldn't have any problems. > > May you code in the power of the source, > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I finally got my mail working. One more question... How do I stop > > fetchmail from telling me about mail? I mean how do I completely silence > > it? I tried adding the --silent option when I started it but it didn't > > work. Is there something I can add to my .fetchmailrc? > > > > -- > > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >