From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MpcZ7-0002Q0-97 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:40:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D44DE0843; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:39:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f222.google.com (mail-ew0-f222.google.com [209.85.219.222]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DFCE0843 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy22 with SMTP id 22so2561813ewy.14 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:39:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:references :x-now-playing:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8Id9Lp1NZ0bZhWVZ3Jsst7OqdyLkj7o934/uU/Rna+U=; b=ik1Km4kJ+kai+LmJ44BPtN3dJ8p4YOu+8JYPJhV8OgAFVw692lOe/9DAgBkJgLsP/5 ur7jssvZPZ/HU3oRkKfR+MZZ3qgLvOcRblHQRkpXSqPZhKa4ZgvYXBwnR7/CJjbkQvwL sZR2B0Eo4+NXw0gH/E1K7dwZkMt1H2IbfIzds= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:references:x-now-playing:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=p2tWt0Z0UNuKOzpNTzdKDV0ANIVaFgIGvjtgThxDp7qXlW0Hg3QKJ+2o0IR2WLuWYt 4351XdZf2BoRoH5jXqYcHVBCOKwJxw6gHQU9VkhFBss1GAeP457GdfHJGM3f2lEdEsXW dWCFz50vcw3SAYus5AXa0+BGX4BgIt2upqa3I= Received: by 10.211.131.34 with SMTP id i34mr5082677ebn.35.1253515198555; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (221.Red-83-61-181.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [83.61.181.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm1430819eyb.44.2009.09.20.23.39.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:39:56 -0700 (PDT) From: galiza.ceive@gmail.com (=?utf-8?B?Sm9ow6FtLUx1w61zIE1pZ3XDqW5z?= Vila) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?" References: <20090920153451.GB5807@solfire> <871vm1f3wn.fsf@newsguy.com> <20090921022938.GA5792@solfire> X-Now-Playing: =?utf-8?B?0KHQstGP0YLQvtGB0LvQsMyB0LIg0KLQtdC+0YTQuMyB0Ls=?= =?utf-8?B?0L7QstC40Ycg0KDQuNGF0YLQtdGA?= - Richter in Praha IV - Beethoven - XXXIII Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Opus 120 - Var XXXII. Fugue - Allegro, Played: 1 Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:39:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20090921022938.GA5792@solfire> (meino cramer's message of "Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:29:38 +0200") Message-ID: <87skegssw0.fsf@galiza_ceive.gnu-linux.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: af31e900-efa7-48f6-bbb5-8f5bd277a724 X-Archives-Hash: e3e227162315ebfb6338e251a5633f81 meino.cramer@gmx.de writes: > Harry Putnam [09-09-21 04:25]: >> Ward Poelmans writes: >>=20 >> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, wrote: >> >> >> >> When using the line: >> >> >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0@ 5 fetchmail -a >> >> >> >> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded >> >> with >> >> >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0fetchmail -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. >>=20 >> Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon >> mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron. >>=20 >>=20 > > fcron does run (see my previous mail). > I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up > fetchmail then? > ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this > is also recommended by some howtos... Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that from= fcron? @ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh --=20 I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. -- August Strindberg - This message may be digitally signed: GPG KeyID:0x9D2FD6C8 || FNMT SSL c= ert