On 2009-01-13, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> >>>>> Gary Johnson writes:
>
> > On 2008-02-22, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> This still bugs me. fetchmail pops up console windows when delivering
> >> mails to procmail.
> >> It doesn't matter if I run fetchmail directly from the commandline (in
> >> my case in a rxvt window under X) or as a service.
>
> >> Any hint what could cause this popup windows is appreciated. I'm
> running
> >> under XP SP2 with the latest packages installed.
>
> > I'm having the same problem running fetchmail as a daemon from the
> > command line. Were you able to find a solution?
>
> Yes, cockpit error, I didn't follow the cygwin fetchmail README:
>
> fetchmail --nodetach is your friend
> ^^^^^^^^^^
Thank you! That worked, at the expense of having to keep a terminal
open. I then tried this,
fetchmail --nodetach >> fetchmail.log 2>&1 &
which leaves the terminal free, doesn't have the pop-up console
windows, and can be killed with "fetchmail -q".
Regards,
Gary
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