Problems with fetchmail

[Mats]

Hello,
I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
poll my.isp proto POP3
user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?

/Mats

[Mats]

Yes, Oluwagbenga, sendmail is a good thing. I installed postfix because
I thought it should be easier and more safe (I'm used to it on freebsd).
Now I have switched back and it worked perfect as I wanted it. I'm not
used to sendmail in fedora, in freebsd it's more just out of the box. I
had to install sendmail-cf but then it was easy to configure and just do
"make" and restart it.

Thanks again from me.

ons 2010-06-02 klockan 22:23 +0000 skrev Oluwagbenga Shobowale:
>  Ok why not look into the man pages for fetchmail, I know there is an
> option which can direct mails to smtp servers (not sure how postfix works). Mails end up
> in the directory /var/spool/mail/yourname which is where mail clients pick up the mails
> for you. I am assuming that you have a mail and the server is trying to append a new mail.
> I am used to sendmail but I am sure if you check the man pages for fetchmail options you
> should get all the help you need. You could also post the log here.
>  Oluwagbenga Shobowale
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
>  Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:45:29 
>  To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Subject: Re: Problems with fetchmail
>  
>  Oluwagbenga, I followed your tips (thank you) and found that a file
>  called my_name.lock was created in /var/spool/mail when I fetched my
>  mail. Then in the logfile "access denied" to that file. I have not
>  solved the problem yet but it feels that I'm on my way. Thank you.
>  
>  /Mats
>  
>  tis 2010-06-01 klockan 21:15 +0000 skrev Oluwagbenga Shobowale:
>  > I think your log files should give an insight to where the mails are and what is
> happening .. Please check maillog assuming it is configured in syslog.
>  > Oluwagbenga Shobowale
>  > 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
>  > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:40:22 
>  > To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  > Subject: Problems with fetchmail
>  > 
>  > Hello,
>  > I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
>  > mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
>  > postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
>  > fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
>  > don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
>  > to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
>  > no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
>  > My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
>  > poll my.isp proto POP3
>  > user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name"
> here
>  > And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
>  > As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?
>  > 
>  > /Mats
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[Oluwagbenga Shobowale]

Ok why not look into the man pages for fetchmail, I know there is an option which can
direct mails to smtp servers (not sure how postfix works). Mails end up in the directory
/var/spool/mail/yourname which is where mail clients pick up the mails for you. I am
assuming that you have a mail and the server is trying to append a new mail. I am used to
sendmail but I am sure if you check the man pages for fetchmail options you should get all
the help you need. You could also post the log here.
Oluwagbenga Shobowale

-----Original Message-----
From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:45:29 
To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
Subject: Re: Problems with fetchmail

Oluwagbenga, I followed your tips (thank you) and found that a file
called my_name.lock was created in /var/spool/mail when I fetched my
mail. Then in the logfile "access denied" to that file. I have not
solved the problem yet but it feels that I'm on my way. Thank you.

/Mats

tis 2010-06-01 klockan 21:15 +0000 skrev Oluwagbenga Shobowale:
>  I think your log files should give an insight to where the mails are
> and what is happening .. Please check maillog assuming it is configured in syslog.
>  Oluwagbenga Shobowale
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
>  Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:40:22 
>  To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Subject: Problems with fetchmail
>  
>  Hello,
>  I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
>  mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
>  postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
>  fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
>  don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
>  to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
>  no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
>  My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
>  poll my.isp proto POP3
>  user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
>  And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
>  As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?
>  
>  /Mats
>  
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[Mats]

Oluwagbenga, I followed your tips (thank you) and found that a file
called my_name.lock was created in /var/spool/mail when I fetched my
mail. Then in the logfile "access denied" to that file. I have not
solved the problem yet but it feels that I'm on my way. Thank you.

/Mats

tis 2010-06-01 klockan 21:15 +0000 skrev Oluwagbenga Shobowale:
>  I think your log files should give an insight to where the mails are
> and what is happening .. Please check maillog assuming it is configured in syslog.
>  Oluwagbenga Shobowale
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
>  Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:40:22 
>  To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Subject: Problems with fetchmail
>  
>  Hello,
>  I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
>  mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
>  postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
>  fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
>  don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
>  to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
>  no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
>  My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
>  poll my.isp proto POP3
>  user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
>  And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
>  As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?
>  
>  /Mats
>  
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[Mats]

Thanks Oluwagbenga,
I looked in the logfile and found "access denied to user.lock-file".
Maybe I can go further from there with some chmod. But I don't like to
open files blindly because there is often a reason why they are locked.
Well, anyway, now I have something that might lead me in right direction
so I thank you for that.
/Mats

tis 2010-06-01 klockan 21:15 +0000 skrev Oluwagbenga Shobowale:
>  I think your log files should give an insight to where the mails are
> and what is happening .. Please check maillog assuming it is configured in syslog.
>  Oluwagbenga Shobowale
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
>  Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:40:22 
>  To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Subject: Problems with fetchmail
>  
>  Hello,
>  I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
>  mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
>  postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
>  fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
>  don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
>  to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
>  no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
>  My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
>  poll my.isp proto POP3
>  user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
>  And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
>  As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?
>  
>  /Mats
>  
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[David L. Gehrt]

<snip>
>  And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
>  As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail? 
I use none of your programs for my mail, but should not the directory
permissions be 700.  Check the effect of the 'x' bit in the
permissions of a directory.

Maybe this helps, I hope,

dlg

[Oluwagbenga Shobowale]

I think your log files should give an insight to where the mails are and what is happening
.. Please check maillog assuming it is configured in syslog.
Oluwagbenga Shobowale

-----Original Message-----
From: Mats <unix(a)comhem.se&gt;
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:40:22 
To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
Subject: Problems with fetchmail

Hello,
I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
poll my.isp proto POP3
user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?

/Mats

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