* Wolfgang Mueller <wm@ariannuccia.de> [12-18-19 07:49]:
On Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 12:19:32 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 18/12/2019 12.07, Wolfgang Mueller wrote:
... I use /etc/fetchmail instead of $HOME/.fetchmail
Here is what I have set up:
"ls -l /etc/fetchmail*" yields:
-rw-rw-rw- 1 fetchmail daemon 0 Dec 18 02:02 /etc/fetchmail.log
That is a very strange place for the log.
But it is easy to be controlled since "ls -l /etc/fetchmail*" catches both, /etc/fetchmailrc and /etc/fetchmail.log
but not convention/normal, but also your system and your choice. that should not be a problem
This is the content of /etc/fetchmailrc without comments:
set postmaster "wolfgang" ; set logfile "/etc/fetchmail.log" ; poll "pop3.omc-mail.de" protocol POP3 : user "wolfgang@ariannuccia.de" there with password "xxxxxx" is "wolfgang" here ;
I don't recall ever seeing ";" used in this file. Or ":".
I don't know that those chars are allowed, but have not searched. I do not use them.
I did not change the syntax of /etc/fetchmailrc in this millennium, and in the nineties there was no new line convention such that the semicolons were needed to separate the statements (cfr. C and C++). Though I think they are harmless, I removed them today.
Before last Thursday evening this worked correctly (but without the set logfile statement).
What user starts fetchmail?
It is started by root.
What exact command do you use?
Before last Thursday night, it was started at boot time. Now I (as root) use "systemctl start fetchmail".
Me, I prefer to use syslog.
No idea how to use that.
Did you look in /var/log/mail?
Yes. E.g., these 2 lines were left there by the fetchmail daemon:
2019-12-18T13:34:34.356565+01:00 hewpac postfix/qmgr[2076]: 46465401DF: from=<0100016f18e3121f-e51361fd-0495-4896-a555-8a6fcf912444-000000@email.washingtonpost.com>, size=53487, nrcpt=1 (queue active) 2019-12-18T13:34:35.476341+01:00 hewpac postfix/smtp[32077]: 6985D401DA: to=<0100016f18e3121f-e51361fd-0495-4896-a555-8a6fcf912444-000000@email.washingtonpost.com>, relay=feedback-smtp.us-east-1.amazonses.com[18.235.76.96]:25, delay=1, delays=0.03/0/0.47/0.55, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok lWz37749quaTkLRI8ghn-1)
But that refers on retrieving a mail on the remote computer only, not on dropping it on the local computer.
believe those are postfix logs and not fetchmail logs
Add "keep" for testing. Means don't delete from server. For example:
poll imap.gmx.com proto imap, timeout 50, tracepolls user R_USER@gmx.es, password PASSS, is L_USER here, ssl, fetchlimit 50, expunge 20, folders Inbox, Spam, Junk, and keep
That's mine, now:
poll "pop3.omc-mail.de" protocol POP3 : user "wolfgang@ariannuccia.de" there with password "xxxxxx" is "wolfgang" here and keep
I have for two gmail accounts (imap not pop#, but just a protocol statement): poll imap.gmail.com with interval 0 proto imap timeout 150 auth any, and tracepolls user 'USER', with password "PASS", is LOCALUSER here, and ssl, and fetchall sslcertck mda '/usr/lib/sendmail -i -oem -f %F %T' user 'USER1', with password "PASS1", is LOCALUSER here, and ssl, and fetchall sslcertck mda '/usr/lib/sendmail -i -oem -f %F %T'
Thanks a lot, but since I use the direct POP3 mail server access of Firefox, I do not need the fetchmail daemon any more.
again, your choice. but the post was about your problems/failure with fetchmail, that you no longer use it is something completely different. If you are dismissing the explanations, why post the problem or your frustrations in the first place. The initial post presents a request for assistance which you are summary dismissing, ie: wasting our time. again, your choice. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org