Hi Geoff,
On Sunday, Nov 9, 2003, at 11:00 Australia/Adelaide, Geoff Saulnier
<geoffsaulnier(_at_)mac(_dot_)com> wrote:
On MacOS X 10.3 (Panther), I run fetchmail in multidrop mode picking up
mail from pop3.demon.co.uk as user birchwoode. This gets passed on to
postfix which (if if ever works) distributes it to /var/mail/username
and I run UW IMAP (the ipop3d part) having set up Mail.app to talk to a
POP server on localhost to pick up the mail from /var/mail/username.
Here are the various config files:
[fetchmail -V output snipped]
pmac-g5:/etc/mail root# cat /etc/mail/fetchmailrc
set daemon 120
poll pop3.demon.co.uk proto pop3
aka demon.net
aka mailstore
# no dns
localdomains pmac-g5.norton.co.uk localhost
user "birchwoode" pass "XXXXXX"
# to birchwoode.demon.co.uk = pmac-g5.norton.co.uk * here
to * here
#and wants smtpaddress pmac-g5.norton.co.uk
fetchall
#keep
For a definitive response you really need to run fetchmail in verbose
mode (lower case -v switch - see tham man page) to show what happens
during message delivery.
However, I'm guessing your problem is with your...
user "birchwoode" pass "XXXXXX"
# to birchwoode.demon.co.uk = pmac-g5.norton.co.uk * here
to * here
...line/s. From the man page:
* * *
Here's what a simple retrieval configuration for a multi-drop mailbox
looks like:
poll pop.provider.net:
user maildrop with pass secret1 to golux
'hurkle'='happy' snark here
This says that the mailbox of account `maildrop' on the
server is a multi-drop box, and that messages in it should
be parsed for the server user names `golux', `hurkle', and
`snark'. It further specifies that `golux' and `snark'
have the same name on the client as on the server, but
mail for server user `hurkle' should be delivered to
client user `happy'.
* * *
In a nutshell, unless your remote (world-visible) and local (MacOS X)
usernames are identical, you need to tell fetchmail how to translate
between the two. Otherwise, the message gets sent to the postmaster.
I'm running fetchmail in multidrop mode on a MacOS X 10.1 box at work,
so please feel free to mail me if you wish.
Best wishes,
Damon