Re: Cron/Fetchmail mail

[Edward Dekkers <edward tripled iinet net au>]

gregory mott wrote:

> i think fetchmail is silent to stdout/err when you tell it to log to
> syslog instead.  fwiw i also run it as daemon instead of relaunching it
> all the time.

Thanks for all replies - Steve,Alexey and Gregory.

When you said that a light went up (back in 1991 at university I did 
actually learn the intricacies of stdin, stdout, and stderr). It makes 
complete sense. Amazing what you forget when you don't use things for 12 
years. I'm getting old.

As for re-launching, I've always done it that way. I'm still of the 
belief the less I leave running constantly (even if it's only a small 
service like fetchmail), the more resources available, and less chance 
of problems.

Besides, when I have something running, I prefer not to touch it, 
because I'm very good at breaking things. :)

Thanks all.

Regards,
Ed.