Hi Eric, Try the following, in your .fetchmailrc add this section at the beginning: #--- cut --- # # defaults for all sessions (unless overridden) defaults proto pop3 fetchall no rewrite keep mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" #--- cut --- This means that all messages will be kept on the server unless you override it on a per server basis. Launch fetchmail, using cron schedules: crontab -e And enter something like the following; check for mail every 20 mins, flush the msgs on the 4th day of the week. # -- cut -- # min,hour,day-o-month,month,day-o-week 0/20 * * * 0-3,5-7 /usr/bin/fetchmail 0 0 * * 4 /usr/bin/fetchmail -F 20,40 0 * * 4 /usr/bin/fetchmail 0/20 1-23 * * 4 /usr/bin/fetchmail # or for a check once an hour, at 10 past: #10 * * * 0-3,5-7 /usr/bin/fetchmail #10 0 * * 4 /usr/bin/fetchmail -F #10 1-23 * * 4 /usr/bin/fetchmail # -- cut -- (you may want pipe all the output from fetchmail into a log file, or you will get an email with the output everytime it runs). More details on the format of crontab are on: man 5 crontab Rgds, Simon -----Original Message----- From: Enis Büyükgüner [mailto:enis@bantboru.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 07:50 To: Suse-Linux-E@Suse. Com Subject: [SLE] fetchmail problem I'm using fecthmail and I want to keep my mails on the main mail server for 4 days. But at the end of the 4th day they should be deleted automatically. So is it possible to do it with fetchmail? Actually I saw the "keep" parameter in the manuel but I think it is not sufficient alone.