cc:d to debian-user, as this was originally posted to debian-devel [snip]
> Detailed questions are: > 1) How can I fetch my mails from the mailserver periodically, > say each 5 Minutes) and store them as local mail. > I thought fetchmail would do the job but it seems to > fetch mails only on user demand, right?? > I would like to get the mails from the server sended as > mail and want the mails sended be deleted on the server. http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ISP-Connectivity-3.html describes in detail, but you can put fetchmail into a polling daemon mode to check your pop3 mail every few minutes (or seconds) so fetchmail is pretty much what you want to use for this > 2) I wonder how far mailagent is better than procmail for > that purpose, because it tells that it has > "far more functionality than procmail" in the package > description. AFAIK, procmail is used more for mail filtering once its been delivered, something quite different > 3) Are there any specials things to do or any special documents > to read to solve that problem? I'd check out the url above, its part of the ISP connectivity mini-HOWTO jeff > Kind regards > > Andreas. -- Jeff Bachtel (NOC,CIS,TAMU) http://www.cepheid.nu/~jeff [finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key] One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious. -- Chateaubriand (1768-1848)
