Re: [aclug-L] Fetchmail question

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would suggest putting it in your crontab.  This way, you can have it 
run every hour, or whatever time interval you prefer.

To put it in your personal crontab, the command is crontab -e.  See
crontab(5) for information on the format of the crontab file.

Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ok, i've got fetchmail all config-ed and such, but is there a way to
> start fetchmail at boot or something, so that i can have it ready and
> running when i login?  or what would be the best way to go about this?
> i don't want to re-run it every time i logout and back in... (btw, i'm
> on a 24/7 inet connection, if that makes any diff)...
> 
> i tried putting it in my .bashrc, but it tries to run every time i
> create an Eterm... is there an if statemt i could use to check if it is
> running, and if it is, not run, and if it isn't, run it w/ my switches?
> 
> jesse
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