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From: Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?"
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:21:33
Message-Id: c1c10dab0909201121x2691be81nb99c36651aead366@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?" by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 >
3 > When using the line:
4 >
5 >    @ 5 fetchmail -a
6 >
7 > nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded
8 > with
9 >
10 >    fetchmail -a
11 >
12 > from the commandline.
13 >
14 > May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing
15 > wrong here?
16
17 Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding:
18 */5 * * * * fetchmail -a
19 in your cron file.
20
21 Ward

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[gentoo-user] Re: fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?" Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>