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RE: [fetchmail]RE: fetchmail and sendmail

2004-05-10 14:52:04
-----Original Message-----
From: fetchmail-friends-admin(_at_)lists(_dot_)ccil(_dot_)org 
[mailto:fetchmail-friends-admin(_at_)lists(_dot_)ccil(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of 
David Brown
       
      I am new to fetchmail and fairly new to Linux.  I would 
appreciate any help getting my customer's email server 
working properly.  Here is the situation:
       

      *       Customer wants to use Cyrus IMAP to pull down 
email from ISP server and keep all emails 

The same setup I use.

      *       I have installed Cyrus IMAP and can see my 
folders on Outlook from a remote location (home) 
      *       sendmail seems to be configured properly 
      *       I have configured .fetchmailrc and it seems to 
connect to my email at the ISP 
      *       However, it does not pull down the emails (new 
or old) into my IMAP inbox. 
      cyrus.conf says:
       
      # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
      #  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
        lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" 
listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0
      
      Here is my .fetchmailrc file:
       
      [root(_at_)ServerCharlie root]# vi .fetchmailrc
      set daemon 20
      set postmaster dbrown
      set logfile ./.fetchmail.log
      poll post.strato.de with proto auto user "myusername" 
with pass mypassword is "dbrown" --keep --all here forcecr 
smtpaddress localhost and wants mda "/usr/sbin/sendmail"

Try this instead (oh, and upgrade to 6.2.5):

        set daemon 20
        set postmaster dbrown
        set logfile /path/to/home/.fetchmail.log
        poll post.strato.de
                user "myusername" with pass "mypassword" is "dbrown"
here
                keep all

If you check the manual pages you'll discover that "--keep" and "--all"
are COMMAND LINE flags.  The use of "forcecr" should be avoided unless
you know you need it.  Similarly the last line can nearly certainly be
dropped.

      fetchmail: Nachricht 
dbrown(_at_)b-e-s-t-group(_dot_)com@post.strato.de:4 (2803 Oktetts) wird 
ausgelassen nicht geflusht

Unfortunately I don't know german :)


PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list.  Email sent directly to me may
be ignored utterly.

-- 
Rob | What part of "no" was it you didn't understand?