[KLUG Members] Fecthmail and loal pop server setup

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > There should be a service file.
> > Something like "chkconfig fetchmail on"
> I am using RHEL 3.0 and there is no file like that. I also expected the same
> behaviour.

Your best of then writing a service file;  use any of the ones
in /etc/rc.d/init.d as a template and modify it to run "fetchmail
-d ..."

> > >  If I set poll
> > > time for fetchmal for ten seconds 
> > Holy cow, 10sec seems kind of excessive.  Your ISP is likely to get
> > pissed.
> Then what you suggest? 

Well,  less frequently than 10sec.  A single poll could take longer than
that if there are multiple messages or messages are large.  Also MTAs
usually batch deliveries so really more often than once every five
minutes isn't worth the trouble.

> My company uses Proxy + for Intranet Mail . I want to
> implement similar functinality with Linux. I do no how proxy+ download mails
> from remote pop server.
> > > and during that if that client, try to access mail what will happen?
> > What mail store are you using.  If your using Cyrus you can put mail
> > into and take mail out of a mailbox at the same time.  If your using UW
> > (i.e. you have stuff in /var/spool/mail) you will have all kinds of
> > problems and probably trash the mailbox.
> > Use Cyrus, except no substitutes.
> As per our company policy   I have to use pop server.

? You have an existing pop server you are putting mail into (via your
MTA)?  Otherwise Cyrus implements POP3.