-- first make sure the fetchmailrc file is not world readable. adduser fetchmail chown fetchmail /etc/fetchmailrc chmod 600 /etc/fetchmailrc
-- the debian way of running in debug mode: su -c "/usr/sbin/fetchmail --nosyslog --nodetach -v -v -f /etc/fetchmailrc" fetchmail <&- 2>&1 Nathan Zabaldo wrote: > Paul J Stevens wrote: > > >>try: man fetchmailrc > > > Okay, I read through it this time. I understand what a fetchmailrc file is > now and how to construct it. > > >>Indeed. Quite idiotic. > > > Yes, extremely idiotic after reading the man. > > >>try putting this into a separate file like /etc/fetchmailrc > > > My file is constructed. > > >>fetchmail -v -f /etc/fetchmailrc > > > This command returns no errors. However, I don't get any feedback either. > I tried adding another -v, but I am getting no feedback. An exit code of 0 > is returned if more than one message is waiting. But, how do I know for > sure that it worked. How can I view for example in sa that these emails > made it to sa-learn? > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl
