On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:32:55 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 23:26 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Ron Johnson: > > > On 03/22/07 09:39, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > >> > > >> If your /etc/fetchmailrc is empty anyway, you can edit > > >> /etc/default/fetchmail to disable the system-wide fetchmail daemon > > >> altogether. This solution has the advantage, that every user can manage > > >> his/her own POP accounts (without the admin knowing their passwords), > > >> but the disadvantage is that you have a fetchmail process for every > > >> user. > > > > > > Are you talking about having a fetchmail daemon for *each* user? > > > > Yes. On most peoples' systems there's only a fistful of anyway. > > You are fooling yourself. Run them a one shot cronjob set to run every > 10-30 minutes. Much better use of resources on the machine. > > As I have said before, fetchmail WILL die or hang on you, when run in > daemon mode. monit [0] ? Celejar http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
