system wide fetchmail

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Thu Dec 13 23:01:13 EST 2001


Yeah, that's what I did too
when I was switching over from my former ISP's mail to my university mail account.
Greg


On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:27:57PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi, Raul. I simply put all the information for each account I want to fetch
> for in one .fetchmailrc file in order that I want them to pop.
> For example my main account on my box is tward so I put the .fetchmailrc
> file in there and then in that .fetchmailrc file I put in each account I
> want it to pop from, and it does it.
> if I want to view the messages for tward 2 all I need do is logout, relog in
> as tward2, and look in pine in my inbox.
> If you need more help or a sample .fetchmailrc file just ask.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raul A. Gallegos <raul at asmodean.net>
> To: Speakup Mailing-list <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:40 PM
> Subject: system wide fetchmail
> 
> 
> > Hi gang.  I know how to configure a fetchmail daemon for a single
> > non-root user but what I'm not sure of is how to make a system wide
> > fetchmail which will fetch mail for several accounts.  I could easilly
> > setup a .fetchmailrc for each user but I know there is a global
> > fetchmailrc I can setup which will fetch mail for multiple users and put
> > the messages in the appropriate.  I've read the fetchmail FAQ but it is
> > not very clear on doing this.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > --
> > A new supply of round tuits has arrived and are available from your
> > admin.  Anyone who has been putting off work until they got a round
> > tuit now has no excuse for further procrastination.
> > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul at asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> >
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