From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?"
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:05:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871vm1f3wn.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c1c10dab0909201121x2691be81nb99c36651aead366@mail.gmail.com
Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> When using the line:
>>
>> @ 5 fetchmail -a
>>
>> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded
>> with
>>
>> fetchmail -a
>>
>> from the commandline.
>>
>> May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing
>> wrong here?
>
> Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding:
> */5 * * * * fetchmail -a
> in your cron file.
Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon
mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-21 2:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-20 15:34 [gentoo-user] fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?" meino.cramer
2009-09-20 18:21 ` Ward Poelmans
2009-09-21 2:05 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2009-09-21 2:29 ` [gentoo-user] " meino.cramer
2009-09-21 6:39 ` Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila
2009-09-21 15:43 ` meino.cramer
2009-09-21 15:46 ` Ward Poelmans
2009-09-21 13:02 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2009-09-21 16:06 ` meino.cramer
2009-09-22 11:46 ` Stroller
2009-09-22 13:16 ` Neil Bothwick
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