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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?"
From: Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> 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.

Ward