Hi fetchmail/ssh guru's,
I connect to work with a ppp session from my Debian/GNU Linux box
(running potato), and need to fetch my mail from my mail-server there
(named "harpo"; running SunOS 4.1) using IMAP.
Previously I have had this working like so:
/usr/bin/fetchmail --invisible --syslog --daemon 250 --timeout 90 \
--interface "ppp0/150.101.132.131" --silent \
--mda "/usr/bin/procmail -Yf- -d %s" \
--folder "/users/phil/.mail/home-xfer" \
harpo
I run this and then enter my password for my account at work when
asked for it.
Now I want to extend this to use ssh, without any passphrase, so that
I can start fetchmail from an ip-up.d script, and avoid having to
enter any passwords at all. I can now do `ssh harpo', and connect
successfully.
After reading the POP3 example in the fetchmail man-pages, I tried it
like this:
/usr/bin/fetchmail --invisible --syslog --daemon 250 --timeout 90 \
--silent --mda "/usr/bin/procmail -Yf- -d %s" \
--folder "/users/phil/.mail/home-xfer" --verbose harpo
With this `~/.fetchmailrc' file:
poll harpo
via localhost port 1234 with protocol imap
preconnect "ssh -f -L 1234:harpo:143 harpo sleep 20 < /dev/null >/dev/null";
However, there are two problems:
(1) I'm still prompted for a password, and
(2) I get this error:
4.7.6 querying harpo (protocol IMAP) at Sat Mar 13 01:14:35 1999
socket error while fetching from harpo
Query status=2
fetchmail: sleeping at Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:14:40 +1030 (CST)
Can anyone suggest what I can do to get this going?
TIA,
--
Phil.
