fetchmail configuration

fetchmail configuration

[Danny Crone]

Hello.  Where could I find the file I need to edit the fetchmail program?

fetchmail configuration

[Dave Hunt]

If you're looking to configure the fetchmail program, the file of
interest is "~/.fetchmailrc".  The fetchmail manual page gives
instructions on what goes into this file.  Any text editor will do.


-Dave

Re: fetchmail configuration

[Jude DaShiell]

On slackware /usr/local/doc/fetchmail-x.y/contrib/fetchsetup is available.
I doubt your path will match exactly, but fetchsetup can write you a file.

-- 
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Charles Crawford]

It's the configuration file that determines what it will do and let me know 
if you don't get other advice and I will send you a copy of mine.

At 10:09 PM 11/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough except
>that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the example.  Can
>someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want a
>simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it to a
>local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am looking at the
>wrong place.
>
>  Rejean Proulx
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Thomas Stivers]

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On 11/27/03  9:42 AM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote:
> So, if you want to have to accounts that send it to different people, do you
> run 2 daemons?

I am doing it a bit differently, I have a system wide fetchmail running
which fetches mail from all my accounts and could if I wanted put the
mail in various accounts on my system. The trick is to add to the end of
the user line (in your .fetchmailrc "there is <localuser> here" where
<localuser> is your user name. Getting the system wide fetchmail is a
little more difficult, but putting the above in your ~/.fetchmailrc
should put the mail in the right place. I know its long and boring, but
you should consider reading the fetchmail man page. Remember that when
it comes to R'ing TFM the search command is your friend. Good luck.

- -- 
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carefully than others.
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Rejean Proulx]

So, if you want to have to accounts that send it to different people, do you
run 2 daemons?

 Rejean Proulx
Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
Ham License VA3REJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Fetchmail Configuration


> It sneds it to whatever user's mailbox that the fetchmail daemon is
> running as. so I run it as alex_snow and it dumps all mail in that
> user's mailbox.
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 06:39:47AM -0500, Rejean Proulx
> wrote:
> > I can see how it polls your provider, but who does it send mail to on
your
> > system?  In my case for instance, I want it to retrieve from
> > rejp@rogers.com and send it to rejean@interfree.ca
> >
> > In this case there is only 1 user id so where does it send it too?
> >
> >  Rejean Proulx
> > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> > MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> > Ham License VA3REJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: Fetchmail Configuration
> >
> >
> > > I've atached my ~/.fetchmailrc. this grabs mail from my provider's
> > > server and forwards it to my local mailbox.
> > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at
> > > 10:09:39PM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote:
> > > > I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough
> > except
> > > > that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the
example.
> > Can
> > > > someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want
a
> > > > simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it
to
> > a
> > > > local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am
looking at
> > the
> > > > wrong place.
> > > >
> > > >  Rejean Proulx
> > > > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> > > > MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> > > > Ham License VA3REJ
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > > -- 
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> > > back.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Alex Snow]

mut sends mail via sendmail by default and recieves mail through 
/var/spool/mail/user by default. so all you gotta configure is 
sendmail (good luck) and fetchmail.
btw if you have problems with sendmail you may want to look at exim, 
qmail, or courier. sendmail's configuration is really complex.
'On Thu, 
Nov 27, 2003 at 12:40:13PM -0000, Darragh wrote:
> On the topic of fetch mail send mail and mutt, I'm not sure if I've asked
> this before, but what files do I need to configure to get mutt sending and
> recieving mail with sendmail and fetchmail?
> 
> Could someone send me an example of these files?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Darragh
> lists@digitaldarragh.com
> 
> 
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Alex Snow]

It sneds it to whatever user's mailbox that the fetchmail daemon is 
running as. so I run it as alex_snow and it dumps all mail in that 
user's mailbox.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 06:39:47AM -0500, Rejean Proulx 
wrote:
> I can see how it polls your provider, but who does it send mail to on your
> system?  In my case for instance, I want it to retrieve from
> rejp@rogers.com and send it to rejean@interfree.ca
> 
> In this case there is only 1 user id so where does it send it too?
> 
>  Rejean Proulx
> Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> Ham License VA3REJ
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Fetchmail Configuration
> 
> 
> > I've atached my ~/.fetchmailrc. this grabs mail from my provider's
> > server and forwards it to my local mailbox.
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at
> > 10:09:39PM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote:
> > > I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough
> except
> > > that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the example.
> Can
> > > someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want a
> > > simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it to
> a
> > > local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am looking at
> the
> > > wrong place.
> > >
> > >  Rejean Proulx
> > > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> > > MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> > > Ham License VA3REJ
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > -- 
> > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> > back.
> >
> >
> 
> 
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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Darragh]

On the topic of fetch mail send mail and mutt, I'm not sure if I've asked
this before, but what files do I need to configure to get mutt sending and
recieving mail with sendmail and fetchmail?

Could someone send me an example of these files?

Thanks


Darragh
lists@digitaldarragh.com

Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Rejean Proulx]

I can see how it polls your provider, but who does it send mail to on your
system?  In my case for instance, I want it to retrieve from
rejp@rogers.com and send it to rejean@interfree.ca

In this case there is only 1 user id so where does it send it too?

 Rejean Proulx
Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
Ham License VA3REJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Fetchmail Configuration


> I've atached my ~/.fetchmailrc. this grabs mail from my provider's
> server and forwards it to my local mailbox.
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at
> 10:09:39PM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote:
> > I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough
except
> > that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the example.
Can
> > someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want a
> > simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it to
a
> > local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am looking at
the
> > wrong place.
> >
> >  Rejean Proulx
> > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> > MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> > Ham License VA3REJ
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> -- 
> Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> back.
>
>


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Re: Fetchmail Configuration

[Alex Snow]

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I've atached my ~/.fetchmailrc. this grabs mail from my provider's 
server and forwards it to my local mailbox.
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 
10:09:39PM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote:
> I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough except
> that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the example.  Can
> someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want a
> simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it to a
> local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am looking at the
> wrong place.
> 
>  Rejean Proulx
> Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
> MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
> Ham License VA3REJ
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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set syslog
set postmaster "postmaster"
set bouncemail
set properties ""
set daemon 300
poll pop.gmx.net with proto pop3 timeout 120 user "alex_snow@gmx.net" password "password"
options fetchall forcecr

Fetchmail Configuration

[Rejean Proulx]

I installed fetchmail and the fetchmailrc file seems simple enough except
that where to put the password isn't clear when looking at the example.  Can
someone please post a real live fetchmailrc that works?  I just want a
simple example that gets some e-mail from a provider and forwards it to a
local account.  Too me, it isn't that well documented or I am looking at the
wrong place.

 Rejean Proulx
Visit my family at http://interfree.ca
MSN is: rejp@rogers.com
Ham License VA3REJ