Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:02:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Huff <rhuff@cybercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: retrieving email Message-ID: <199810211902.PAA09712@shell1.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: <362E2490.2F359377@mc.HL.siemens.DE> References: <362E2490.2F359377@mc.HL.siemens.DE>
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Srinivasan Iyengar writes: > I got my ppp to work and am able to send mail using sendmail. But > the 'fetchmail' command does not seem to get recognized by > ppp. Is there something I need to do in order to retreive email > from my account at msn.com, before I use the > > !bg ...... fetchmail > > in the ppp.linkup file? Is there some daemon that needs to be > started? Welcome to the club. While I run fetchmail from somewhere else, I've pretty much conlcuded the "!bg" function is broken. I've tried running a number things using it and get at most an intermittant 20% success rate. And I'm talking simple stuff here; don't get me started on the complex scripts with device contention issues. Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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