On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 20:45 -0400, Celejar wrote: > 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] ? >
All that is telling you that it DID do it oopsie. I want something that just plain works. Using a cron driven fetchmail works, daemon mode suxxorz. Not to be glib here, but look who writes fetchmail... the self proscribed bestestest programmer in the world. This is the best example of a program he writes to preach to the whole world? I can do as good, with shell. I have in some instances. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
