Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:24 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: big-sky@altavista.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetchmail question Message-ID: <20000426193424.H489@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <39079EA7.3E57A535@cs-dsl-130.datawest.net>; from mark@cs-dsl-130.datawest.net on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 07:57:59PM -0600 References: <39079EA7.3E57A535@cs-dsl-130.datawest.net>
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* Mark <mark@cs-dsl-130.datawest.net> [000426 19:31] wrote: > Could someone explain the dizzying array of options outlined in the man > pages? > > Situation: > I run my on mail server on my dsl connection. > My isp email account gets occasional email that I would like to get and > bring it to my local user account. I thought fetchmail would do the job. > > In a nutshell, I want to run fetchmail from my rc.conf file so it runs > all the time, checks for mail every hour, and delivers it to my mailbox > so all my mail is in one mailbox. > > Help? Other options? I would use the cron utility to run fetchmail every hour, see the manpages for cron and crontab. Cron allows one to schedule jobs to be executed periodically. > p.s. ISP has been very flexible in accomidating me so far but I believe > if I ask for one more thing, i.e. to forward the mail, it will > completely wipe away my welcome. Then it's time for you to buckle up and buy some intro books on UNIX and various utilities. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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