This is what I put in my .fetchmailrc poll picton.eecg.utoronto.ca protocol pop3 via localhost port 8110 username bach password krakthis preconnect "ssh -f -L 8110:picton.eecg.utoronto.ca:110 picton.eecg.utoronto.ca sleep 20 </dev/null >/dev/null"
So the following might work for you: poll mail.alantro.com proto pop3 via localhost port 2110 preconnect "ssh -f -L 2110:mail.alantro.com:110 mail.alantro.com sleep 20 </dev/null >/dev/null" user lee, with password password, is lee here fetchall A similar example is given in the fetchmail man page (just search for "ssh"). (I'm using the fetchmail 4.3.9-1 package that comes with hamm) The /dev/null stuff seems to be important; I couldn't get the ssh+fetchmail combination to work when I removed the /dev/null I/O redirection. The "sleep 20" is also important. Basically ssh connects to your mail server and maps port 2110 on your machine to port 110 on the mail server, then quits after 20 seconds or after all forwarded connections are terminated. Tell me how it goes. > > Here is part of my .fetchmailrc for my closest attempt: > > poll mail.alantro.com proto pop3 > port 2110 > preconnect "ssh -L 2110:127.0.0.1:110 mail.alantro.com" > user lee, with password password, is lee here > fetchall > > > When I run "fetchmail mail.alantro.com" it opens a shell on > mail.alantro.com. When I exit the shell, it seems to stall until I hit > Ctrl-C. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
