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Date:      Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:58:01 -0700
From:      "Samuel Chow" <cyschow@shaw.ca>
To:        "Andreas Ntaflos" <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Starting daemon only for user; gotta be simple?
Message-ID:  <01d801c1c612$63596b00$2784412f@ca.nortel.com>
References:  <20020307181919.A94491@Deadcell.ant>

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>   I am looking for a way to have this task automated. A script in
>   /usr/local/etc/rc.d comes into mind, but this would start polling 
>   for mail only for root wouldn't it? 

    This is not true. 

    I have the following in my fetchmailrc, and fetchmail is started 
    via /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

    set daemon 900
    poll mailserver.myisp.com with proto pop3
    user email_account pass my_password is my_local_login here 
    smtpaddress mydomain.com
   
    This means:
    a. get mail from my ISP mailserver with my email account and
        password.
    b. send the mail using local smtp server (qmail in my case) 
        using the name my_local_login@mydomain.com

    Hope this help.

---
Samuel Chow
cyschow@shaw.ca

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