"Eric S. Raymond" <esr(_at_)thyrsus(_dot_)com> writes:
Holger Mauermann <h(_dot_)mauermann(_at_)gmx(_dot_)de>:
I wrote a patch for fetchmail 6.2.5 to control polling from outside of
fetchmail. It adds a new option to fetchmailrc, if you add
set skipfile <filename>
and <filename> exists, the polls are skipped. If the file doesn't exist,
fetchmail operates as usual.
Why is this better than shutting down and restarting fetchail?
It avoids authentication failure/oversized message warnings that are mailed.
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