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For more info check [http://schirrms.net/sme/SMEFetchMail.php Schirrm's HowTo] here.
 
For more info check [http://schirrms.net/sme/SMEFetchMail.php Schirrm's HowTo] here.
  
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If you connect to the SMEserver console by Putty ssh-client (or similar) you can copy and paste the commands (very convenient).
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=== FAQ ===
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Q: What do these strange mails with '#********' from cron mean?
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Please note that this was written in april 2007, if the software change then this howto may be outdated.
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A: If you enabled the debug option for an account in the Mail Retrieval panel in the server-manager you will possibly receive mail from Cron Daemon with the subject "Cron <root@YOURSERVER> /etc/startmail". The mail contains patterns like this: #********.  
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You will stop receiving this mails if you disable debugging for all configured users in the Mail Retrieval panel in the server-manager.
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Please do edit if you find errors or have improvements, but make sure that it works!
 
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Good luck [http://wiki.contribs.org/User:Per /Per]
 
  
 
=== Bugs ===
 
=== Bugs ===

Revision as of 21:38, 19 August 2007

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Fetchmail for SME Server

Maintainer

Schirrm's Studio (software)

Description

  • Fetchmail retrieve mails from external mailboxes with many options.

Step-by-step silly HowTo for installation of Fetchmail on SMEserver.

It's intended for Linux-newbies.

Before install, check latest version here and replace filenames in step 2 & 3 if necessary.

Installation

1. Log in (with username root) to the SMEserver console.

2. Download Fetchmail from Schirrm's site: 

wget http://www.schirrms.net/files/smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm

3. Install Fetchmail: 

yum localinstall smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm

You will get a y/N-question, answer y if it looks fine.

4. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
"signal-event post-upgrade" and "signal-event reboot"
But you can ignore that and move on

5. In the server-manager, part 'Collaboration' you should find a 'Mails Retrieval' option.

This let you access on the main page of the Fetchmail configuration.

Check installed version

yum info installed smeserver-fetchmail

Uninstall

yum remove smeserver-fetchmail

Additional information

For more info check Schirrm's HowTo here.

FAQ

Q: What do these strange mails with '#********' from cron mean? A: If you enabled the debug option for an account in the Mail Retrieval panel in the server-manager you will possibly receive mail from Cron Daemon with the subject "Cron <root@YOURSERVER> /etc/startmail". The mail contains patterns like this: #********. You will stop receiving this mails if you disable debugging for all configured users in the Mail Retrieval panel in the server-manager.

Bugs

Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-fetchmail component or use this link .

If you enable logging for an account in server-manager/fetchmail you will possibly receive mail from Cron Daemon with the subject "Cron <root@YOURSERVER> /etc/startmail". The mail contains only something like this: #********. This is a minor problem and I'm unsure if it's a bug or not. /Per

Tested software version

Host: SMEserver v7.1 with update 3 (7.1.3)

smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm

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