Re: [aclug-L] Postilion

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot!  i'll check into that page and learn as much as i can!  : ^ )

jesse

Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Jesse Kaufman wrote:
>
> > college?  also, what exactly will fetchmail let me do?  i hear people
> > talk all the time about procmail as a filter, does that work w/
> > fetchmail?
>
> Fetchmail is a simple mail retrieval utility that can be run from the
> command line or in daemon mode.  When it retrieves mail from your server
> it hands it to your MTA, sendamil, smail, qmail, whichever, and then its
> job is done.  The MTA will pass to a local delivery agent, such as
> Procmail or the mail.local that comes with Sendmail, which then deposits
> your mail into your mailbox(s) that your MUA, Mail User Agent--pine,
> elm, Netscape, etc., can read.
>
> I have script I use to start my ppp connection and each time it runs,
> fetchmail is started in daemon mode like this:
>
> fetchmail -s -a -K -d 300
>
> -s is silent (helps keep the log file small after debugging)
> -a is get all messages
> -K is delete messages on the server
> -d 300 puts fetchmail in daemon mode and it checks for mail every five
> minutes.
>
> The host configuration is in ~.fetcmailrc and is quite simple for a
> standard POP3 connection.
>
> In my ppp shutdown script I kill the fetchmail daemon like so:
>
> -- fetchmail --quit
>
> You can find more information at the Fetchmail homepage:
>
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/
>
> - Nate >>
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