Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:26:28 +0100 From: "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" <peter.harrison@dwp.gsi.gov.uk> To: <rgrempel@gmail.org> Cc: stanb@panix.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: system wide fetchmail Message-ID: <D8E3EB52364A0842A853E0944FD390D93176EE@DMM00022.link2.gpn.gov.uk>
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>Message:=2019 >Date:=20Fri,=201=20Jul=202005=2000:15:20=20-0500 >From:=20Ryan=20Rempel=20<rgrempel@gmail.com> >Subject:=20Re:=20system=20wide=20fetchmail >To:=20Free=20BSD=20Questions=20list=20<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Message-ID:=20<fb5ec42305063022157a30cb1f@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3DISO-8859-1 > >On=206/30/05,=20stan=20<stanb@panix.com>=20wrote: >>=20I'm=20building=20a=20mail=20server=20for=20a=20small=20office.=20Unde= r=20Debian=20 >I=20have=20seen=20the >>=20choice=20of=20setting=20up=20a=20"system=20wide"=20copy=20of=20fetchm= ail.=20I'd=20 >rather=20do=20that >>=20than=20have=20to=20start=20a=20seperate=20copy=20for=20each=20user.=20= Can=20I=20do=20 >this=20in=20FreeBSD? >>=20 >>=20If=20so,=20an=20anyone=20point=20me=20to=20some=20docs=20for=20seting= =20thsi=20up? > >What=20I=20do=20is=20run=20fetchmail=20from=20root's=20crontab,=20and=20u= se=20the=20-f >argument=20to=20point=20to=20a=20global=20configuration=20file=20--=20som= ething=20like >this: > >*/5=20*=20*=20*=20*=20fetchmail=20-s=20-f=20/usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc > >Then,=20in=20the=20fetchmailrc,=20I=20can=20configure=20whatever=20I=20ne= ed=20to=20configure >in=20order=20to=20fetch=20whatever=20mail=20I=20want=20(including=20from=20= multiple >servers,=20for=20multiple=20users,=20etc.). > >I=20think=20you=20can=20also=20run=20fetchmail=20as=20a=20daemon=20if=20y= ou=20like=20--=20as=20far >as=20I=20know,=20the=20only=20trick=20is=20to=20use=20-f=20to=20make=20fe= tchmail=20use=20a >configuration=20file=20that=20you=20can=20set=20up=20as=20you=20like. Fetchmail=20can=20be=20run=20as=20a=20daemon=20with=20the=20-d=20switch.=20= To=20have=20it=20check=20for=20mail=20every=2010=20minutes=20run=20"fetchm= ail=20-d=20600".=20See=20man=20fetchmail. > >Now,=20if=20you=20want=20each=20user=20to=20be=20able=20to=20administer=20= their=20own >fetchmailrc,=20then=20I=20don't=20know=20how=20to=20do=20that=20without=20= having=20each=20user >run=20fetchmail=20individually. Peter=20Harrison. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This=20document=20is=20strictly=20confidential=20and=20is=20intended=20onl= y=20for=20use=20by=20the=20addressee.=20 If=20you=20are=20not=20the=20intended=20recipient,=20any=20disclosure,=20c= opying,=20distribution=20or=20other=20 action=20taken=20in=20reliance=20of=20the=20information=20contained=20in=20= this=20e-mail=20is=20strictly=20prohibited. Any=20views=20expressed=20by=20the=20sender=20of=20this=20message=20are=20= not=20necessarily=20those=20of=20the=20Department=20 for=20Work=20and=20Pensions. If=20you=20have=20received=20this=20transmission=20in=20error,=20please=20= use=20the=20reply=20function=20to=20tell=20us=20 and=20then=20permanently=20delete=20what=20you=20have=20received. Please=20note:=20Incoming=20and=20outgoing=20e-mail=20messages=20are=20rou= tinely=20monitored=20for=20compliance=20 with=20our=20policy=20on=20the=20use=20of=20electronic=20communications.=20= The=20original=20of=20this=20email=20was=20scanned=20for=20viruses=20by=20= the=20Government=20Secure=20Intranet=20(GSi)=20virus=20scanning=20service=20= supplied=20exclusively=20by=20Energis=20in=20partnership=20with=20MessageL= abs. On=20leaving=20the=20GSi=20this=20email=20was=20certified=20virus-free
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