On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:17:45PM -0500, BruceG wrote: > > 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
This is mostly ok, but : - fetchmail is in /usr/bin, not /usr/sbin - any output will be mailed to you, so you probably want 0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail >/dev/null 2>/dev/null or (something that might be clearer) */15 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail >/dev/null 2>/dev/null Frank > 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!) > > -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
