On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:15:21 -0500, Rob Walker
<rob(_at_)convergent-tech(_dot_)ca> wrote:
I am new to Linux and Fetchmail. I have Suse 9.1 installed and could sure
use some help getting Fetchmail going. I also have Procmail installed too.
In my home folder I have a file called .fetchmailrc that looks like
this:
poll pop6.sympatico.ca protocol POP3 user b1fusi29 password ******** mda
"/usr/bin/procmail -d robwalker"
When I am logged in as robwalker I execute the following:
fetchmail -v --keep -a >> /var/log/fetchmail 2>&1
I get the message 'permission denied'
That's probably from trying to write to /var/log/fetchmail. Try just
"fetchmail -v --keep -a".
When I am logged on as root I go to the robwalker home folder and
execute the same command I get returned to the console prompt
When I check the log file at /var/log/fetchmail is says:
'Fetchmail: no mail servers have been specified'
It is almost as if Fetchmail is not reading fetchmailrc
Because it's looking in $HOME. Root's $HOME is not the same as
robwalker's $HOME.
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
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