Re: fetchmail and ssh

1999-03-15 Thread Jens Ritter
This can besolved by using expect and/or the preconnect option. It is described in a thread on debian-devel. So please search in the mailing list archive of debian-devel for "fetchmail". TIA, Jens Phil Nitschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi fetchmail/ssh guru's, > > I connect to work with

fetchmail and ssh

1999-03-12 Thread Phil Nitschke
Hi fetchmail/ssh guru's, I connect to work with a ppp session from my Debian/GNU Linux box (running potato), and need to fetch my mail from my mail-server there (named "harpo"; running SunOS 4.1) using IMAP. Previously I have had this working like so: /usr/bin/fetchmail --invisible --syslog --

Re: fetchmail and ssh

1998-03-31 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Thanks, It's working now. I used your suggested rc file, but the bo fetchmail choked on it. Then I downloaded the fetchmail source from hamm and compiled it on bo. Your suggestion works fine with the latest fetchmail. The docs for the new fetchmail are also better. Thanks also to Obi who sent

Re: fetchmail and ssh

1998-03-31 Thread Ngo Bach Long
This is what I put in my .fetchmailrc poll picton.eecg.utoronto.ca protocol pop3 via localhost port 8110 username bach password krakthis preconnect "ssh -f -L 8110:picton.eecg.utoronto.ca:110 picton.eecg.utoronto.ca sleep 20 /dev/null" So the following might work for you: poll mail.alant

fetchmail and ssh

1998-03-31 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Hi, I've been using fetchmail and ssh for a while on a debian bo system, but now I'd like to get them to work together. I'm not having any success. Here is part of my .fetchmailrc for my closest attempt: poll mail.alantro.com proto pop3 port 2110 preconnect "ssh -