-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- how to get fetch/procmail working as a daemon...
here's fetchmail: # .fetchmailrc 1/16/98 poll mailer.cia-g.com protocol pop3 user dmallery pass ?????? mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f-" fetchall ane here's procmail: PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/mail LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from DEFAULT=Amisc :0 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] deb-user :0 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] deb-changes :0 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] seti [snip] there are at least two considerations: 1) locking and 2) $HOME does it suffice to simply use the :0: construct on each of the filters in procmailrc?? what about Amisc, my default? i can't find any evidence that pine is setting any locks (at least not the xxxx.lock variety). if i make an xxxx.lock file in /mail, then pine does hold off opening that folder... if the fetchmail/procmail runs as a daemon, started by ppp.up then will i not have to make the $HOME reference explicit to my account (and the location of my /mail directory?) since ppp.up (i think) is started as root... i've really tried to track this one down... i hate to lose mail and that's what happened last time i tackled this. thanks mucho dave - -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- Dave Mallery, K5EN po box 520; ramah nm 87321 505-783-4784 running Debian GNU/Linux....."Free at last!!!!" winNT: from the people who brought us EDLIN. public key on keyservers..keyid: E06D8D8D Key fingerprint = 06 84 11 FD EB 5D 12 F2 9C E6 0C 0A 3F 11 7F 2F -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNQMviwJbhNLgbY2NAQGCzwQAhIyobGxhmITeO+rKCElktrqlC/SKEq30 LQykH68zosS6etzyUAZFm24evIiw29oTr5D0jPF0poFPAJZl4DPGXxo6CF9yzzx7 o6U95do8JZ7Z/X7sHm7gTavtjLA/GqL+fJFGTI4yEcO9oolIVI8YgXcBW3kyO7fQ uHnXVBKl2gk= =/Bey -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .