Howto run fetchmail twice with different options....

elvisious · 11-10-2009, 08:17 AM

Hi,

I want to run fetchmail for several different e-mail accounts. At some of the accounts fetchmail doesn't have to leave a copy on the server. This is easy to do, because it's the standard.

But for the other accounts I want fetchmail to leave a copy on the server. I tried this:

Code:

fetchmail --fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc -d 30
fetchmail --fetchmailrc /home/user/.fetchmailrc -d 30 -k

The -k option should do the trick but it doesn't. The problem is this:

Code:

fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running.

Is there a way to do this in the fetchmailrc files?
That would be the solution I guess....

Greetz
FrankY

elvisious · 11-10-2009, 08:41 AM

I already found the answer. This is a line in the fetchmailrc:

Code:

poll server.nl with proto pop3:
user "user@domain.nl",     with password "pass",       is user here keep

the option 'keep' does the trick

bathory · 11-10-2009, 08:44 AM

Hi,

You can create 2 different cronjobs with the 2 commands you've posted, each one running in turn every 5 minutes for example.

***EDIT***
Never mind as you've found a solution yourself.

centosboy · 11-10-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elvisious

Hi,

I want to run fetchmail for several different e-mail accounts. At some of the accounts fetchmail doesn't have to leave a copy on the server. This is easy to do, because it's the standard.

But for the other accounts I want fetchmail to leave a copy on the server. I tried this:

Code:

fetchmail --fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc -d 30
fetchmail --fetchmailrc /home/user/.fetchmailrc -d 30 -k

The -k option should do the trick but it doesn't. The problem is this:

Code:

fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running.

Is there a way to do this in the fetchmailrc files?
That would be the solution I guess....

Greetz
FrankY

best way would be to create a .fetchmailrc for each account and then run fetchmail as a daemon
so the keep option must be in the fetchmailrc file.

for an example, see

Code:

https://calomel.org/fetchmailrc.html