Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:18:16 +0200 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Chris Smith <chrissmith@mgci.com> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mail forwarder Message-ID: <20010326231816.F490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <00c101c0b639$291c8560$0c00a8c0@amgroupadmin.com>; from chrissmith@mgci.com on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:10:10PM -0800 References: <002501c0b620$fd138ee0$0c00a8c0@amgroupadmin.com> <20010326203701.D490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> <008d01c0b62b$2b4ba2c0$0c00a8c0@amgroupadmin.com> <20010326213630.E490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> <00c101c0b639$291c8560$0c00a8c0@amgroupadmin.com>
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:10:10PM -0800, Chris Smith wrote:
> From: "Edwin Groothuis" <edwin@mavetju.org>
> > > poll somedomain.com protocol pop3 keep:
> > > envelope Received
> > > user joeschmo is jschmo here
> >
> > Now either add jschmo to /etc/aliases (don't forget to use
> > newaliases(1) it!) to point to jschmo@palm.net, this will work for
> > sure, or replace jschmo with jschmo@palm.net, I'm not sure if it
> > works.
> >
> > Edwin
>
> Thanks for the info,
>
> I tried your suggestion and it reports an error with .fetchmailrc:
>
> My .fetchmailrc config file:
>
> $ cat ~/.fetchmailrc
> poll somedomain.com protocol pop3 keep:
> envelope Received
> user joeschmo is jschmo here
>
> My /etc/aliases entry (yes I did run newaliases):
>
> $ grep joeschmo /etc/aliases
> jschmo: jschmo@palm.net
>
> When I run fetchmail, I get the following output:
>
> $ fetchmail
> fetchmail:/home/chris/.fetchmailrc:2: server option after user options at
> Received
> fetchmail:/home/chris/.fetchmailrc:3: parse error at user
keep is a user option, not a server option (man fetchmail):
poll somedomain.com protocol pop3keep:
user joeschmo is jschmo here keep
Edwin
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