----- Original Message ----- From: "BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: WooHoo! Courier-Imap is imapping away! (fetchmail config)
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:49 PM > Subject: Re: WooHoo! Courier-Imap is imapping away! (fetchmail config) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:12 PM > > Subject: Re: WooHoo! Courier-Imap is imapping away! > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 12:47, BruceG wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:35 PM > > > > Subject: Re: WooHoo! Courier-Imap is imapping away! > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 11:15, BruceG wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the help on the list, and for the following article: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ttp://talk.trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/exim_maildir_imap.shtml - > > I > > > > > > got courier-imap (and courier-pop) installed and working. Able to > > get > > > > > > IMAP e-mail using OE. Haven't tried Evolution yet. Will try that > > yet. > > > > > > I also installed courier-imap-ssl and courier-pop-ssl, but haven't > > > > > > tried them yet. But - PROGRESS!!! > > > > > > > > > > Congratulations. Have you gotten sub-folders working yet? > > > > > > > > > I haven't gotten there yet. I took a look at it, but need to decide > how > > I > > > > want the subfolders to be built. Next task is to get fetchmail > working. > > It's > > > > installed, I created a .fetchmailrc in my ~/home directory. Think I > need > > to > > > > start the fetchmail daemon or something like that. > > > > > > I put fetchmail in my private crontab, via the command 'crontab -e'. > > > If you do it that way, do *not* install fetchmail in daemon mode. > > > Otherwise, the 2 methods will stomp on each other. > > > > > > -- > > Okay - how do I put it in crontab? I tested, and can get my pop e-mail > using > > the following command: > > fetchmail mail.bellsouth.net --protocol pop3 --username (myusername) > > > > I ran this logged on as me, and it goes into my directory - which is what > I > > want it to do. My localusername is different than my name at the ISP. I > also > > had to manually enter my password. What is the command I should have in my > > fetchmail command string? > > > > Think I got it. Shoulda read a little more before asking. > My ~/.fetchmailrc looks like: > poll mail.bellsouth.net protocol pop3 user (me) password (mypass) > > Then crontab looks like: > 0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchmail > > I think it'll work. I typed in fetchmail from the command line and it used > my .fetchmailrc properly, so hoping crontab is good. (my first cron, oh > boy!) > And it worked fine. On to folders! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
