[SOLVED] fetchmail stops and does not working

golden_boy615 · 05-02-2011, 05:58 AM

hello
I am using fetchmail for fetching mail from server by using this command:

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fetchmail -d10 -F -K pop.gmail.com

it work fine but it stops working after a while or does not fetching emails every 10 sec it receives randomly one time 1 min one time 2 min one time 30 sec and so on.
how can I solve it where is it's activity log.

thanks

repo · 05-02-2011, 06:02 AM

Fetching every 10 sec is to much.
Most mail servers will block you for a while.

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where is it's activity log.

Look in the maillog

Kind regards

golden_boy615 · 05-02-2011, 06:14 AM

what is the best period time for gmail??

repo · 05-02-2011, 06:18 AM

Mine is set to 300 sec

Kind regards