enable fetchmail system-wide mode

[Thanos Rizoulis]

O/H Simon Barner έγραψε:
> Hello Gerard,
>
>   
>> I had to slightly modify it to work the way I wanted on my system. I
>> would suggest that you do that 'AFTER' you have gotten it to relatively
>> the way you want it to.
>>     
>
> Are these changes useful for other users, too? If so, please send me
> a diff, so I can modify the port.
>
>   
This is a little guide to setting up fetchmail 6.3.8

    cd /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail
    make install clean

    echo 'fetchmail_enable="YES"'>>/etc/rc.conf
    echo 'fetchmail_polling_interval="60"'>>/etc/rc.conf

The above two are mentioned in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail

    ee /usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc (initially it is nearly empty)

set invisible
set no bouncemail
set no spambounce
set postmaster postmaster at yourdomain.xyz
set syslog
poll pop.mail.yahoo.com
        timeout 40
        proto pop3
        user "username"
        pass "password"
        is user at yourdomain.xyz
        fastuidl 1
        fetchlimit 0
        limit 0
        keep
        forcecr

The above options are for a client who wishes to keep messages stored in 
remote POP3 mailboxes. *man fetchmail* for specifics, especially at the 
end where it gives a nice table of availiable commands and fetchmailrc 
options. The MTA handling the local domain is qmail, hence the required 
"forcecr" option.
The timings (60sec per POP3 access) may seem agressive but I contacted 
the ISP and they have no problem with that and the client is happy to 
have nearly "email-chat" sessions. Users or abusers, as long as they pay 
the bucks....

    chmod 0700 /usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc
    chown fetchmail:fetchmail /usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc (the 
permissions are already set anyway)
    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail start

Also there is a new option I haven't seen before. Suppose that fetchmail 
is sleeping and you want to wake it up *right now* to receive new messages:
   
    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail awaken

Watch /var/log/maillog for fetchmail activity.

-- 
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Thanos Rizoulis
Electronic Computing Systems Engineer
Larissa, Greece
FreeBSD/PCBSD user