How can I fetch my Mail from my ISPs Server?

[Jochen May]

Hi,

I install the normal fetchmail von Debian and configure it to my way.
Here is how my .fetchmailrc looks like:

poll mail.mein.server with
        envelope X-Envelope-To:
        proto pop3
        user username
        pass password
        sslfingerprint  "xx.xx:xx:xx:xx"
        is user at kolab.netzwerk

Some of my Mailserver where i fetch my mail need the sslfingerprint. If not, delete this line.

Also i write this to my crontab
*/16 * * * *    kolab   /usr/bin/fetchmail -a

Hth
Jochen May
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Harnden [mailto:mike at rochestervball.com] 
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 5:45 PM
> To: kolab-users at kolab.org
> Subject: Re: How can I fetch my Mail from my ISPs Server?
> 
> Quoting Alexander Schröter <webmaster at computational-chemistry.org>:
> 
> > Since I am really not able to download the fetchmail file 
> from OpenPKG I
> > need to do it with the Debian package.
> >
> > So here is what I did:
> >
> > #1 Installed fetchmail.
> >
> > #2 Added this to the /root/.bashrc
> >> export LANG=C
> >> opa () {
> >>   root="${1:-/kolab}"
> >>   if [ ! -d $root ]; then
> >>       echo "opa:ERROR: OpenPKG root directory $root not found"
> >>       exit 1
> >>   fi
> >>   if [ ! -f "$root/etc/rc" ]; then
> >>       echo "opa:ERROR: root directory does not contain 
> OpenPKG hierarchy"
> >>       exit 1
> >>   fi
> >>   eval `$root/etc/rc --eval all env`
> >> }
> >
> > #3 Created a file /root/.fetchmailrc with:
> >> defaults
> >> no dns
> >> envelope Delivered-To:
> >> set postmaster "root"
> >> poll <mail.ISPDomain.org>
> >> localdomains <mydomain.org>
> >> proto pop3
> >> user <ISP Username>
> >> pass <ISP Password>
> >> to *
> >> #fetchall
> >> keep # For testing, comment out and use fetchall for live
> >
> > #4 but when I run fetchmail (as root) it seems to find 
> mails and get them
> > but they do not get transfered into my kolab users account. 
> This doesn't
> > come as a surprise because I never mentioned which user 
> those mails belong
> > to.
> >
> > Could someone help me and maybe explain how I can do this.
> >
> > Thanks in Alexander Schröter
> >
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> > https://kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/kolab-users
> >
> 
> Someone with more experience may be able to show you (and myself) a  
> better way, but this is what my fetchmailrc looks like for each user.
> 
>   poll <ISP Server> with proto POP3
>   user "<ISP Username>" with pass "<ISP Password>" is <Kolab 
> Username>  
> at <Kolab Server Name>
>   options fetchall
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
>