"Anthony E. Greene" wrote:
>
> Rick Knebel wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is a way to run fetchmail as root and use it to
> > get different users mail from an ISP?
> > I want to start fetchamil as root and have a different line for each user.
>
> Put a ~/.fetchmailrc in each user's home directory that looks like this:
>
> defaults protocol POP3 mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d linux_username" fetchall
> nokeep
> poll pop.ispname.com username isp_username password isp_password
>
> The above fetchmailrc config will retrieve the user's remote mail and run it
> through procmail for local filtering and delivery.
>
> Then in /etc/ppp/ip-up.local (or any script that runs as root when you
> connect):
>
> for mailuser in `ls /home`
> do
> if [ -f /home/$mailuser/.fetchmailrc ]; then
> su -l $mailuser -c fetchmail
> fi
> done
>
> That bit of code checks each home directory for the existence of a
> .fetchmailrc and runs fetchmail as that user if the file exists.
>
> Tony
Another way is to use just the root .fetchmailrc like this:
#
# This polls xyz for localname1
#
poll pop-server.xyz.com proto POP3
user xyzmailname1 pass xyzmailpasswd1 fetchall no keep is localname1
#
# This polls xyz for localname2
#
poll pop-server.xyz.com proto POP3
user xyzmailname2 pass xyzmailpasswd2 fetchall no keep is localname2
#
# This polls xyz for localname3
#
poll pop-server.abc.com proto POP3
user abcmailname3 pass abcmailpasswd3 fetchall no keep is localname3
Just stack'em up. I've got 5 right now and it works just fine. Much easier
to administer....
Best
Cokey
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