Changeset 481b3e8 for basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail.xml
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- 05/22/2005 10:19:50 AM (19 years ago)
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basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail.xml
r35036a30 r481b3e8 15 15 <sect1 id="fetchmail" xreflabel="Fetchmail"> 16 16 <?dbhtml filename="fetchmail.html"?> 17 17 18 18 <sect1info> 19 19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername> 20 20 <date>$Date$</date> 21 21 </sect1info> 22 22 23 23 <title>Fetchmail-&fetchmail-version;</title> 24 24 25 25 <indexterm zone="fetchmail"> 26 26 <primary sortas="a-Fetchmail">Fetchmail</primary> 27 27 </indexterm> 28 28 29 29 <sect2 role="package"> 30 30 <title>Introduction to Fetchmail</title> 31 31 32 32 <para>The <application>Fetchmail</application> package contains a mail 33 33 retrieval program. "It retrieves mail from remote mail servers and 34 34 forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery system, so it can then be 35 35 read by normal mail user agents." </para> 36 36 37 37 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead> 38 38 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'> … … 56 56 </listitem> 57 57 </itemizedlist> 58 58 59 59 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fetchmail Dependencies</bridgehead> 60 60 61 61 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead> 62 62 <para><xref linkend="openssl"/> and a local MDA (<xref linkend="procmail"/>)</para> 63 63 64 64 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> 65 65 <para><xref linkend="python"/> and <xref linkend="tk"/></para> 66 66 67 67 </sect2> 68 68 69 69 <sect2 role="installation"> 70 70 <title>Installation of Fetchmail</title> 71 72 <para>Install <application>Fetchmail</application> by running the following 71 72 <para>Install <application>Fetchmail</application> by running the following 73 73 commands:</para> 74 74 75 75 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --enable-fallback=procmail && 76 76 make && 77 77 make install</userinput></screen> 78 78 79 79 </sect2> 80 80 81 81 <sect2 role="commands"> 82 82 <title>Command Explanations</title> 83 84 <para><parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This enables SSL if found, so that 83 84 <para><parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This enables SSL if found, so that 85 85 you can handle connections to secure POP3 and IMAP servers.</para> 86 86 87 87 <para><parameter>--enable-fallback=procmail</parameter>: This tells 88 88 <application>Fetchmail</application> to hand incoming mail to 89 89 <application>Procmail</application> for delivery if your port 25 mail server is 90 90 not present or not responding.</para> 91 91 92 92 </sect2> 93 93 94 94 <sect2 role="configuration"> 95 95 <title>Configuring Fetchmail</title> 96 96 97 97 <sect3 id="fetchmail-config"> 98 98 <title>Config Files</title> 99 99 100 100 <para><filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename></para> 101 101 102 102 <indexterm zone="fetchmail fetchmail-config"> 103 103 <primary sortas="e-AA.fetchmailrc">~/.fetchmailrc</primary> 104 104 </indexterm> 105 105 106 106 </sect3> 107 107 108 108 <sect3> 109 109 <title>Configuration Information</title> 110 110 111 111 <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.fetchmailrc << "EOF" 112 112 <literal>set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log 113 113 set no bouncemail 114 114 set postmaster root 115 116 poll SERVERNAME : 115 116 poll SERVERNAME : 117 117 user <replaceable>[username]</replaceable> pass <replaceable>[password]</replaceable>; 118 118 mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f %F -d %T";</literal> 119 119 EOF 120 120 121 121 chmod -v 0600 ~/.fetchmailrc</userinput></screen> 122 123 <para>This is an example configuration that should suffice for most people. 122 123 <para>This is an example configuration that should suffice for most people. 124 124 You can add as many users and servers as you need using the same syntax.</para> 125 125 126 126 <para><command>man fetchmail</command>: Look for the section near 127 the bottom named <emphasis role="strong">CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES</emphasis>. It 128 gives some quick examples. There are countless other config options once 127 the bottom named <emphasis role="strong">CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES</emphasis>. It 128 gives some quick examples. There are countless other config options once 129 129 you get used to it.</para> 130 130 131 131 </sect3> 132 132 133 133 </sect2> 134 134 135 135 <sect2 role="content"> 136 136 <title>Contents</title> 137 137 138 138 <segmentedlist> 139 139 <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle> 140 140 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle> 141 141 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> 142 142 143 143 <seglistitem> 144 144 <seg>fetchmail and fetchmailconf</seg> … … 147 147 </seglistitem> 148 148 </segmentedlist> 149 149 150 150 <variablelist> 151 151 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> 152 152 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> 153 153 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> 154 154 155 155 <varlistentry id="fetchmail-prog"> 156 156 <term><command>fetchmail</command></term> … … 163 163 </listitem> 164 164 </varlistentry> 165 165 166 166 <varlistentry id="fetchmailconf"> 167 167 <term><command>fetchmailconf</command></term> 168 168 <listitem> 169 169 <para>this program provides a <application>Tk</application> 170 <acronym>GUI</acronym>interface to your <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename>170 GUI interface to your <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename> 171 171 file making it much easier to configure. However, you will require 172 172 <application>Python</application>, and it must have the Tkinker module … … 177 177 </listitem> 178 178 </varlistentry> 179 179 180 180 </variablelist> 181 181 182 182 </sect2> 183 183 184 184 </sect1>
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