[H-GEN] Fetchmail problems

Harry Phillips harry at tux.com.au
Sun May 11 00:37:56 EDT 2003


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Steven Lawrance wrote:
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> Harry Phillips <harry at tux.com.au> ( 8 May 2003 19:09 +1000):
> 
>>Steven Lawrance wrote:
>>
>>>Try using the "-a" flag (fetch all) with fetchmail.
>>
>>Does it make any difference if it is started a a deamon?
> 
> 
> Not AFAIK; I don't see any reason it should.
> 

Well it didn't, I added the '-a' to the startup script and everything 
works as it should.

It even downloaded messages from weeks ago that I could not see when I 
was using IMAP. Who knows what happened, but they are there now and all 
is well.

-- 

Regards,
Harry Phillips

--- Failure is not an option,
     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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