Re: Fetchmail+ Evolution

[Al Gelders <agelders lightspeed net>]

I use fetchmail and Evolution but have set it up very differently.
My local (user) .fetchmailrc is as follows:

set postmaster "xxx" #(xxx is my user name)
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properites ""
poll yyyyy # yyyyy is a pop3 server on my local net that in turn
accesses my ISP
	proto pop3
	user 'my ISP username' there with password 'my ISP password' is 'xxx'
here

I then set Evolution as follows:
Receiving Mail to 'Local Delivery'
with path /var/mail/xxx
Receiving options: Check for new mail every 1 minute.

I use a SMTP relay on the firewall machine.

Finally I let cron run fetchmail every few hours using xxx as user.  If
I want to get truly current I just run fetchmail from the desktop.  Note
that this works fine for me.  I use another linux machine as a firewall
and connect through a 56K modem.  Even with all these layers it is
virtually 100% reliable. My mail is here when I am.

All that being said, I would use sendmail if I could figure out how to
configure it.  I'm just not willing to spend the time since this works.


On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 04:29, Kari U. Eloranta wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Dietrich" <td transoft demon co uk>
> To: "RedHat Install" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Fetchmail+ Evolution
> 
> 
> > Kari
> > 
> > Just to be on the safe side, I'll run through the options on Evolution
> > 
> > Go to Tools/Mail Setting and edit the email account.
> > 
> > On the Receiving mail tab,
> > set the options as follows :
> > 
> > Server type: POP (from the drop downlist)
> > Host:  mail.inet.fi
> > User Name: elorka-4
> > 
> > leave Use secure connection unticked.
> > 
> > Authentication Type: Password
> > 
> > tick remember this password (if the system is a private on that is .. if
> > your system is where others can get to it, you may want to enter your
> > password manually each time)
> > 
> > Then hit apply and back out to the main screen.
> > 
> > 
> > As for only being able to use fetchmail as root, have you saved the
> > .fetchmailrc file in your home directory?  What MTA are you using?
> > (Sendmail? Exim? Postfix? )
> > 
> 
> Did that and got the message:
> 
> Unable to connect to POP server.
> Error sending password: bad login
> 
> But username and password are just the same I use in fetchmail
> (and it works).
> 
> I'll try to create .fetchmailrc later. I don't know
> how to create it yet. I use sendmail (I think).
> 
> Best regards,
>   Kari
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Al Gelders
agelders lightspeed net
gelders fpdocs com