"Kelly" == Kelly Hawk <khawk(_at_)apple(_dot_)com> writes:
Kelly> Hi, I've searched google, tuxedo, and the fetchmail FAQ but
Kelly> haven't found any help. perhaps somone here as an idea.
Kelly> Once every month or so, my fetchmail either hangs or
Kelly> crashes (I'm not sure which, I really should check before
Kelly> rebooting, but I'm always so anxious to get my missing
Kelly> mail). the last log message from fetchmail is always the
Kelly> same, and a reboot always fixes the problem:
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I also had this problem and worked around it with a cron entry:
0,30 * * * * fetchmail -q ; killall fetchmail ; fetchmail -d 120
So at the 0 and 30 minutes of every hour I "restart" fetchmail.
I do this in my users cron jobst so I do not risk taking down other peoples
fetcmail processes.
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Nelson Ferreira