On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:11:48 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Wayne writes: > > With fetchmail and mailfilter, it is. > > It is possible with fetchmail alone, though at a small risk of loss of > mail. ..case in point: fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying pop.net (protocol POP3) at \ Tue Sep 23 20:32:25 2003: poll started fetchmail: POP3< +OK InterMail POP3 server ready. fetchmail: POP3> USER [me] fetchmail: POP3< +OK please send PASS command fetchmail: POP3> PASS fetchmail: POP3< +OK [me] is welcome here fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 54 4064824 fetchmail: 54 messages for [me] at pop.net (4064824 octets). fetchmail: POP3> LIST fetchmail: POP3< +OK 54 messages fetchmail: POP3< 1 147041 fetchmail: POP3< 2 146994 fetchmail: POP3< 3 3665 fetchmail: POP3< 4 4903 fetchmail: POP3< 5 158836 ..<snip>. fetchmail: POP3< 53 158909 fetchmail: POP3< 54 8100 fetchmail: POP3< . ..here is where I could have fetchmail say "DELE 1", "DELE 2" etc. I only need the to auto-check _here_ for these viruses instead of doing it all in procmail _after_ wasting my own bandwidth. fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 147041 octets fetchmail: reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 of 54 (147041 octets) procmail: [13538] Tue Sep 23 20:32:47 2003 procmail: Assigning "LOG= " procmail: Assigning "LOGABSTRACT=all" procmail: Assigning "LOG=My PATH is now /home/arnt/bin:/home/arnt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin My SHELL is now /bin/sh " My PATH is now \ /home/arnt/bin:/home/arnt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin My SHELL is now /bin/sh procmail: Assigning "LOGFILE=/home/arnt/Mail/log-procmail" procmail: Opening "/home/arnt/Mail/log-procmail" fetchmail: flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK fetchmail: POP3> RETR 2 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 146994 octets fetchmail: reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 of 54 (146994 octets) procmail: [13543] Tue Sep 23 20:32:50 2003 procmail: Assigning "LOG= " procmail: Assigning "LOGABSTRACT=all" procmail: Assigning "LOG=My PATH is now /home/arnt/bin:/home/arnt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin My SHELL is now /bin/sh " My PATH is now \ /home/arnt/bin:/home/arnt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin My SHELL is now /bin/sh procmail: Assigning "LOGFILE=/home/arnt/Mail/log-procmail" procmail: Opening "/home/arnt/Mail/log-procmail" fetchmail: flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 2 fetchmail: POP3< +OK ..<snip>. ..hints, ideas etc? Use the Multidrop feature in fetchmail? "--tracepolls " ? ..in'man fetchmail', chk "Resource Limit Control Options", "SPAM FILTERING" and "SMTP/ESMTP ERROR HANDLING". ..someone on this list mentioned some other program to check popservers before fetchmail'ing? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]