From 463fbde88c7c110cf11b503780bf48c03c47d251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 06:02:32 +0000 Subject: Added C6. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2741 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ +$Date: 2000/02/12 06:02:32 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ IP address?
C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?
C4. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam features?
C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less often than others?
+C6. Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script.

How to make fetchmail play nice with various MTAs:

@@ -989,6 +990,18 @@ mainsite.example.com is polled, which with a polling interval of every 5 minutes means that secondary.example.com will be polled every 30 minutes.

+

+

Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script.

+ +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.

+ +Pick a location (such as /etc/fetchmailrc) and use fetchmail's -f +option to point fetchmail at it. That should solve the problem.

+

T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

@@ -1398,8 +1411,8 @@ use user+host.

Note that Demon may delete mail on the server which is more than 30 days old; see their POP3 page for -details.

+href="http://www.demon.net/info/helpdesk/demon_products/mail/sdps-tech.shtml"> +POP3 page for details.

The SDPS extension

@@ -2460,8 +2473,8 @@ to solve the problem system-wide.

O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?

-No. Fetchmail only reads the rc file once, when it starts up. To -force an rc file reread, do fetchmail -q; fetchmail.

+No, but versions 5.2.2 and later will notice when you modify your rc +file and restart, reading it.

O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take @@ -2578,7 +2591,7 @@ terminate it.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ +$Date: 2000/02/12 06:02:32 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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