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On 24.11.17 17:40, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> That's because I don't yet know enough to know what questions to ask; |
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> that's why I hoped I'd be pointed to a general guide or explanation. |
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http://www.fetchmail.info/ is the most obvious starting point, and I |
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assume you have found that one. Fetchmail per se is not Gentoo-specific, |
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so you're better off asking questions on the FM mailing lists should you |
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find the manual and FAQ insufficient. |
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> > If you plan to use a single fetchmail process, ~foo/.fetchmailrc (with |
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> > foo being the user you want to run fetchmail as) usually suffices. |
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> I assume you mean ~/.fetchmailrc, a file in my home directory, no? |
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You can run fetchmail as the user you are logging in with or as a |
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separate user. I suggest the latter if you want to run fetchmail in |
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daemon mode, for standard privilege separation reasons. I used "foo" as |
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an example. If you want to run fetchmail on demand only, a dedicated |
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user account may be inconvenient, and you did not say which method you |
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are aiming for in your OP. |
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-Ralph |