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Re: Need help setting up RMAIL
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Duke Normandin |
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Re: Need help setting up RMAIL |
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:29:22 -0000 |
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Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Peter Axon wrote:
> Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net> writes:
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> > So how are you using "fetchmail" as the value for
> > `rmail-movemail-program'? What are your file perms like? Maybe I'm
> > running RMAIL with the wrong Group/perms, and ditto for `movemail'?
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> I'm not. I run fetchmail manually from a shell (or in daemon mode via
> `fetchmail -d 300` or similar). It pulls mail down into my spool and
> then when I fire up RMAIL it takes whatever is in the spool and puts it
> into it's ~/RMAIL file. I have heard you can get RMAIL to run external
> getting functions but I have never looked into it as I find my setup
> fine.
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> I have nothing special in my ~/.emacs file for this. Only a few settings
> for quoting replys and my from name and email address.
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> Sorry I can't be more help.
You've provided me with an alternative method of setting things up
using `fetchmail' - so that's helpful, useful and much
appreciated. Thank you!
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Duke