Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:32:55 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-users@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: Re: How to stop fetchmail(1) Message-ID: <19990907183255.B283@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199909070458.FAA64352@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 05:58:19AM %2B0100 References: <19990907012659.A280@marder-1> <199909070458.FAA64352@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 05:58:19AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > [.....] > > > Fetchmail seems to be very reliable in background mode. With my arms > > > closed and my eyes tied behind my head, > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Sounds like too much Guinness to me Brian:) > > 8*) > > > > I'd guess that it finishes > > > downloading the current message and exits cleanly..... or in the > > > worst case, it just drops the half-downloaded data on the floor > > > knowing that it'll stay on the server anyway. > > > > > > I often remove the transport from under fetchmail and haven't seen > > > any suspicious duplicates (or ``holes'') yet. > > > > > > > OK. I have it set up to start (``fetchmail -d 30'') in ppp.linkup > > and ``shell fetchmail --quit'' in ppp.linkdown. From what you are > > saying I may as well just start the daemon in /etc/rc.conf and not > > bother stopping it when closing ppp, would you agree? > > Yep, I believe that'd work fine as long as you set your dial and > alive filters to ignore port 110. > Right. I'll go and read the manpage and find out what you're talking about :). Thanks. > I actually run fetchmail on my laptop, but only when I'm at work. At > home, fetchmail runs on a back end box, so I have the .linkup/ > .linkdown setup. I actually use ``killall fetchmail'' in > ppp.linkdown because I didn't know about ``fetchmail --quit'' :-P > > [.....] > > -- > > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> > > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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