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Subject: Re: system wide fetchmail
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Ryan Rempel wrote:
> */5 * * * * fetchmail -s -f /usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc


> Now, if you want each user to be able to administer their own
> fetchmailrc, then I don't know how to do that without having each user
> run fetchmail individually.

wrap the fetchmail -f with a loop over user's home dirs where they can 
edit their own fetchmail?
with some obvious checks for if -f /home/[user]/.fetchmailrc , etc, of 
course.

Haven't thought through the implications of running fetchmail as root 
with user-provided config files.... maybe u can drop privileges to the 
user before running it.

Beto