I can't get fetchmail to work and don't have a fetchmailrc file!
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Distribution: Fedora c3/5, Suse pro 10/openSuse 10.2, RHES, Zenwalk.....
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I can't get fetchmail to work and don't have a fetchmailrc file!
I'm using a low RAM laptop so I want to use the mail program in BASH to check my emails as GNOME runs very slowly. I am using the Fedora core 5 distrobution.
I tried:
fetchmail pop.ntlworld.com
this seams to be along the right lines but it uses my local username prompting:
Distribution: Fedora c3/5, Suse pro 10/openSuse 10.2, RHES, Zenwalk.....
Posts: 97
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There's a .fetchmail.pid but no .fetchmailrc
Thanks I should have thought of that but there is still no .fetchmailrc file. I used ls -a and found a file called .fetchmail.pid but that only contains the number 2810. I also tried
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