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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 67c79b2b..78ed54e0 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/12 06:02:32 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#C3">C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?</a><br> <a href="#C4">C4. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam features?</a><br> <a href="#C5">C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less often than others?</a><br> +<a href="#C6">C6. Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script.</a><br> <h1>How to make fetchmail play nice with various MTAs:</h1> @@ -990,6 +991,18 @@ mainsite.example.com is polled, which with a polling interval of every minutes.<p> <hr> +<h2><a name="C6">Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script.</a></h2> + +Often, startup scripts have a different environment than an interactive +login shell. For instance, $HOME might point to "/root" when you are +logged in as root, but it might be either unset, or set to "/" when the +startup scripts are running. That means fetchmail at startup can't find +the .fetchmailrc.<p> + +Pick a location (such as /etc/fetchmailrc) and use fetchmail's -f +option to point fetchmail at it. That should solve the problem.<p> + +<hr> <h2><a name="T1">T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?</a></h2> For most sendmails, no special configuration is required. Eric Allman @@ -1398,8 +1411,8 @@ use user+host.<P> Note that Demon may delete mail on the server which is more than 30 days old; see their <a -href="http://www.demon.net/services/mail/pop3.html">POP3 page</a> for -details.<P> +href="http://www.demon.net/info/helpdesk/demon_products/mail/sdps-tech.shtml"> +POP3 page</a> for details.<P> <h3>The SDPS extension</h3> @@ -2460,8 +2473,8 @@ to solve the problem system-wide.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="O3">O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?</a></h2> -No. Fetchmail only reads the rc file once, when it starts up. To -force an rc file reread, do <code>fetchmail -q; fetchmail</code>.<P> +No, but versions 5.2.2 and later will notice when you modify your rc +file and restart, reading it. <hr> <h2><a name="O4">O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take @@ -2578,7 +2591,7 @@ terminate it.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/12 06:02:32 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |