Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 05:25:50 +0200 From: Xavier FreeBSD questions <xavierfreebsdquestions@gmail.com> To: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetchmail in "system-wide mode" Message-ID: <CALe6D=sbBYF8hESPc16kQ1rM%2BYf=Ky-2K0Z7T0A3QWAq2FHumw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110906141936.GC61079@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <CALe6D=uBmrEWBVfP-X4W-wyB7Z5CS-NwiWkRStC1dfLxCjTtTw@mail.gmail.com> <20110906141936.GC61079@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 03:19:36PM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: Hi Daniel, > On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 03:10:50PM +0200, Xavier FreeBSD questions wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On the Internet there are some sites where they say to start fetchmail(1) in > > "system-wide" should put these two options in rc.conf(5) : > > > > fetchmail_enable="YES" > > fetchmail_polling_interval="60" > > This has worked for me in the past when I've needed fetchmail(1). > > > > > Although the second is optional and at first has little to do with this > > question because this question is addressed rather to the first option. > > > > I searched in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and rc.conf(5) manual and find no > > reference to these two options. > > This is to be expected. fetchmail(1) is a port, not part of the base system. > > > > > > I have them in my rc.conf(5) but fetchmail(1) does not start automatically. > > > > In /usr/src/UPDATING not found any reference to it. > > Again, what you'd expect. > > > > > Which is the correct way to start fetchmail(1) in "system-wide"? > > Is fetchmail installed on your system? If so, and you still can't get it to > start automatically, try this: > > # script fetchmail_startup sh -x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail start > > You'll now have a file called `fetchmail_startup' which will contain a > record of exactly what the fetchmail rc script did as it executed, which may > or may not prove informative. > I paste the fetchmail_startup in: http://pastebin.com/vFqdhwfg For you, the answer of why don't worked for me fetchmail is lines 502 and 503 ? Thanks.
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