On 24-Sep-99 John Hasler wrote: >> I am having a problem using /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ to start fetchmail when I >> use pon to connect. there is a script in there that wil start fetchmail >> for me as desired via command line. yet fetchmail still won't start on >> it's own when I connect to my ISP. > > Post the name of the script, the permissions, and the script itself. > > Here is mine: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 63 May 27 19:27 fetchmail > >#!/bin/sh > rm -f /var/spool/smail/retry/smtp/* > fetch-mail > runq > > Here is the script 'fetch-mail': > >#!/bin/sh > su postman -c "fetchmail -v"
In my script, I have: #!/bin/sh sleep 10s /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 480 -- Andrew > > The user 'postman' exists solely to handle mail and has a home directory > set up to push mail through mailagent, which forwards it appropriately. > -- > John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. > Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. > Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this > address. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ----------------------------- GnuPG Public KeyID: 0x48109681
