On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 11:34:12PM +0100, Thomas B. wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 01:58:30PM -0800, John Velman wrote: > > I copied my .procmailrc, my .fetchmailrc, and my .muttrc pretty much intact > > >from my old Linux box to my (leopard) mac. I set up postfix pretty much > > like on my old linux box (slackware). (By the way, mutt compiled out of the > > box on leopard -- no need for Fink or Macports.) > > > > [...] > > > > Same kind of thing happened today. No new mail. After sending a test > > message from plain mail, the new mail showed up. > > > > I'd be happy if someone could point me where to look! > > I would guess that it's a Postfix configuration problem: Sounds like the > mail from fetchmail gets stuck in some queue, which is only flushed when > you manually kick Postfix by sending some mail.
This sounds right. Now to find out where. At least its a start. > > Is fetchmail configured to deliver mail through Postfix? Is Postfix > running as a daemon? I think so. After the initial kick, mail (such as yours) seems to come in with no further incentive. (Or - maybe postfix runs at intervals. I thought I fixed that in master.cf, but I'd better double check.) Thanks! > > > Hope to help, > Thomas
