Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] fetchmail to procmail (or something) to arbitrary dir?

[Stroller]

On 15 Feb 2008, at 18:21, Michael Higgins wrote:
> ...
> Anyway, I puzzled a bit and decided 'fetchmail' sounds pretty good,
> pretty much what I want to do here. But, it needs sendmail...?? I
> don't
> want a MTA on this box. So, I see 'procmail' is an alternative target.
> Hmm.

I use maildrop here, instead of procmail, and am very happy with it.

In a multiuser system I might use this minimal configuration in each  
user's ~/.mailfilter:

   MAILBOX="$HOME/.maildir"
   to "${MAILBOX}"

I'm not sure if it's possible to reduce this, set a default global  
variable so that it will default to ~/.maildir for all users, or run  
without ~/.mailfilter files - I tend to just stick the above in /etc/ 
skel.

...
> I got the mail off the server, but now it's in my 'own' .maildir
> folder.
> As I will need to set up a dump folder for a bunch of different
> accounts, this won't do.

`man fetchmail` is long, perhaps a little difficult to read, but  
comprehensive, IME:

        Here's what a simple retrieval configuration for a  multi- 
drop  mailbox
        looks like:

          poll pop.provider.net:
                user maildrop with pass secret1 to golux  
'hurkle'='happy' snark here

        This  says  that  the  mailbox of account `maildrop' on the  
server is a
        multi-drop box, and that messages in it should be parsed for  
the server
        user  names  `golux', `hurkle', and `snark'.  It further  
specifies that
        `golux' and `snark' have the same name on the client as on  
the  server,
        but  mail  for  server user `hurkle' should be delivered to  
client user
        `happy'.

It's usual to use the global /etc/fetchmail file for the user /  
password declarations, in this case. This is read when you run  
fetchmail using the /etc/init.d/fetchmail script.

Stroller.
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