On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 23:26 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Ron Johnson: > > On 03/22/07 09:39, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> > >> If your /etc/fetchmailrc is empty anyway, you can edit > >> /etc/default/fetchmail to disable the system-wide fetchmail daemon > >> altogether. This solution has the advantage, that every user can manage > >> his/her own POP accounts (without the admin knowing their passwords), > >> but the disadvantage is that you have a fetchmail process for every > >> user. > > > > Are you talking about having a fetchmail daemon for *each* user? > > Yes. On most peoples' systems there's only a fistful of anyway.
You are fooling yourself. Run them a one shot cronjob set to run every 10-30 minutes. Much better use of resources on the machine. As I have said before, fetchmail WILL die or hang on you, when run in daemon mode. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
