From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 2 7:10:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EBE237B416 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 07:10:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fB2FAmC11167; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:10:49 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2001120216102640:5783 ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:10:26 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB2FHDQ26218; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:17:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:17:13 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: "Russell A. Khurshudian" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with fetchmail (not receiving mail properly) Message-ID: <20011202161712.A8477@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: "Russell A. Khurshudian" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000001c17a99$39f3d2b0$0200a8c0@networld> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <000001c17a99$39f3d2b0$0200a8c0@networld> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 12/02/2001 04:10:26 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 12/02/2001 04:10:33 PM, Serialize complete at 12/02/2001 04:10:33 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: "Russell A. Khurshudian" > To: "Freebsd-Questions" > Subject: Problem with fetchmail (not receiving mail properly) > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:14:35 -0500 > > When i use fetchmail to get the mail from my ISPs mail server it says that > it receives the mail and flushes it. When i check /var/mail/user there is no > mail. If I got the output from fetchmail correctly, it reinjects the mail to your local MTA. As you can see, this easily leads to lost mail. IOW, you can lose mail with the default fetchmail config. Check out getmail (in /usr/ports/mail/getmail/). It's easier to setup, and safer. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 4:13PM up 40 days, 2:56, 18 users, load averages: 0.30, 0.15, 0.09 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message