As I'm using my PC, I usually have a simple script running that uses netstat to show internet connections. I have noticed that every 10-15 minutes, a connection is made to the pop3 server associated with one of my email accounts. Further investigation has shown that it is fetchmail making these connections.

However, it never seems to download anything to my mail client (Evolution), or to my command-line mail directory. I have tried sending a test message to this email account, and it is never downloaded until I do this manually. Fetchmail also never connects to either of the other pop3 servers I have set up (the server in question is the first one named in Evolution's config).

Anyone any idea what it is doing, and how I can stop it doing it?

Thanks,
Rob

Use "ps -efw | grep fetchmail" to get extend information in fetchmail's command line and look for a configuration file, usually, "/etc/fetchmailrc".

Read that file. It will show what accounts, what passwords and for what local account it is redirecting your messages.

I don't know what distro are you using. The most common way to stop a service is "/etc/init.d/fetchmail stop" and "chkconfig fetchmail off" to prevent it to run in next boot.

You may check your system logs to find why you are not getting your mail in. "grep fetchmail /var/log/messages" will show all fetchmail messages related.

cheers,