Fetchmail Configuration

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 29.11.2004 schrieb Phil Brooks um 3:26:

> how should i configure fetchmail? - there seems to be mention of a -MTA
> switch?

No switch needed in the .fetchmailrc. Simply say to which local user the
mail shall be delivered.

> Should I setup a specific user to run the fetchmail command,
>   e.g. at the moment i've setup a user called mailbox which is used for
> the collection of mail.

You can run it as your system user account. Just don't let it be run
from root.

> Phil

Alexander


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