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Title: Fetchmail Error
Post by: paolo on June 10, 2001, 02:39:08 PM

Hi,

I'm using e-smith 4.1.2 with multi drop function.

When I launche fetchmail I've this error:

fetchmail: no mailservers have been specified.

How can I resolve this problem

Thanks
Paolo

Title: Re: Fetchmail Error
Post by: DUNCAN on June 10, 2001, 04:48:14 PM

If you log in as root and run fetchmail it will run fetchmail as root. As you have no fetchmail settings under root it will come back as an error.

Try /etc/fetchmail.

Title: Re: Fetchmail Error
Post by: paolo on June 11, 2001, 12:20:58 PM

I'm logging like root and I launch fetchmail but the error is:

fetchmail: no mailservers have been specified.


Thanks

Title: Re: Fetchmail Error
Post by: Duncan on June 11, 2001, 05:34:23 PM

You cannot logon to the e-smith server and type fetchmail.

Because you would be logged on as root, the system will look at the /root directory (your current home directory - because you logged in as root) and try to run the fetchmailrc configuration file. None exists under e-smith under a standard e-smith install.

log in as normal. Type as follows
   cd /etc
   ./fetchmail.

This will run your fetchmail configuration and collect your mail (If all goes well).

Regards Duncan