Questions tagged [fetchmail]
Fetchmail is a unix/unix-like utility used to retrieve emails from a remote server and deliver them to users
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No timestamps in fetchmail log
I am running fetchmail 6.6.62 on Raspberry Pi OS. The log is set to a logfile. The problem is, that the logfile does not have timestamps when a mail is retrieved. How can I set fetchmail to record the ...
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Where does fetchmail store e-mails?
Having removed procmail, am looking for where fetchmail is storing messages: nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ tail -f /var/log/fetchmail.log fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 OK [READ-WRITE] INBOX ...
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Fetchmail not writing to log
I'm setting up fetchmail for use with Request Tracker on a RHEL 8 server. It's not working and I'm unable to troubleshoot because it doesn't appear to be writing to /var/log/syslog or /var/log/...
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procmail returning with exit code 0 even if it can't read its config file: How to prevent?
I am dealing with procmail the first time, so I apologize if the following question is stupid. Before I put procmail in production, I am doing a few basic tests. One of them yielded a totally ...
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Mail Retrieve Software for Microsoft 365
As Microsoft 365 is moving to Oauth2, and Fetchmail didn't release a stable version supporting it (only an Alpha on the version 7, but not solid), my organization is looking for a IMAP mail retrieve ...
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O365 attempting to use fetchmail to poll emails to local postfix/dovecot mails server
We currently have an application that uses IMAP/POP3 to access mail in O365; however, Microsoft has determined that they will no longer be allowing basic authentication. By do this, the application ...
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What replaces /etc/services in openSUSE, and how
I am running openSUSE Linux, the Tumbleweed version. I discovered that it does not use an /etc/services file, though I do not know what is replacing it, or how it is done, and I do not have much ...
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Recover/reupload messages deleted by fetchmail
I used fetchmail to access my Hotmail/Outlook mailbox. It downloaded every message inside Inbox, but now that folder is empty at the server. Now I see that fetchmail deletes messages by default: -k |...
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