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3. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands: | 3. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands: | ||
<br><code>"signal-event post-upgrade" and "signal-event reboot"</code> | <br><code>"signal-event post-upgrade" and "signal-event reboot"</code> | ||
<br>But you can ignore that and move on | <br>But you can ignore that and move on | ||
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4. In the server-manager, part 'Collaboration' you should find a 'Mails Retrieval' option. | 4. In the server-manager, part 'Collaboration' you should find a 'Mails Retrieval' option. | ||
Revision as of 17:52, 17 May 2008
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.
Installation
1. Log in (with username root) to the SMEserver console.
2. Install Fetchmail:
yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-fetchmail
You will get a y/N-question, answer y if it looks fine.
3. 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
4. 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 .
Tested software version
Host: SMEserver v7.1 with update 3 (7.1.3)
smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
