Discussion:
[fetchmail]Re: Fetchamil Nokeep / flush
Gavin Roberts
2006-04-11 07:52:24 UTC
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Fetchmail Version:

This is fetchmail release 5.9.0+NTLM+INET6 Linux mail.*****.co.uk
2.2.16C37_III #1 Sat Apr 12 14:54:32 PDT 2003 i
586 unknown
Taking options from command line
No mailservers set up -- perhaps /root/.fetchmailrc is missing?


Our config file is infact called multidrop:localdomain, which is below:

set daemon 600
set logfile mymaillog2
poll mail.*****.co.uk localdomains *****.co.uk *****.co .uk "nokeep" proto
POP3: envelope X-Netpresto-To user ***** with pass "*****" to * here poll
pop.*****.co.uk localdomains *****-uk.com "nokeep" proto POP3
: user ***** with pass "*****" to * here fetchall


of course I have removed all the domains, usernames and passwords etc, but
apart from that this is how it stands.

My colleague explained to me that fetchall was put in to stop duplicate
messages.

I am willing to upgrade, but since the only way I can communicate with my
Qube is by either Web Interface or telnet.
From what I understand there is something called BlueLinQ which allows you
to install third party software, but I do not want to install fetchmail on
top of its self, causing any problems.

Any advise?
Matthias Andree
2006-04-11 08:57:19 UTC
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Post by Gavin Roberts
This is fetchmail release 5.9.0+NTLM+INET6 Linux mail.*****.co.uk
2.2.16C37_III #1 Sat Apr 12 14:54:32 PDT 2003 i586 unknown
Well, we're not supporting antedeluvian software like that, sorry.

You might want to try fetchmail 6.3.4-rc2 (preferred. alternatively,
6.3.3 or perhaps 6.3.2), but I'm not making promises about IPv6 on old
systems (kernel, libc), and my motivation to work around libc or kernel
bugs in obsolete versions is very limited and I might expect payment for
doing that.
Post by Gavin Roberts
poll mail.*****.co.uk localdomains *****.co.uk *****.co .uk "nokeep" proto
POP3: envelope X-Netpresto-To user ***** with pass "*****" to * here poll
pop.*****.co.uk localdomains *****-uk.com "nokeep" proto POP3
: user ***** with pass "*****" to * here fetchall
Please don't expect me to read unformatted made-up files like these. Of
course you may mask user names and passwords, but I do expect a minimum
level of formatting (read: line breaks and alignment), and please do not
mask domain names because that makes checking DNS impossible.
Post by Gavin Roberts
From what I understand there is something called BlueLinQ which allows you
to install third party software, but I do not want to install fetchmail on
top of its self, causing any problems.
Well... whatever that Bluelinq stuff is.

You can install fetchmail into a separate directory, for instance you
might use: ./configure --with-ssl --enable-NTLM --prefix=/opt/fetchmail-6.3
build with "make all check", install with "make install"
and then run: /opt/fetchmail-6.3/bin/fetchmail -f /your/config/file
(give the real path and name for the configuration file).

HTH,
--
Matthias Andree
Gavin Roberts
2006-04-11 09:09:02 UTC
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We have resolved the issue, since adding the "nokeep" to the poll entries,
it didn't seem to work at first because all the mail on the server was still
being marked in the log, but fetchmail: not flushed was next to these.

I restarted fetchmail to make sure all the newest mail was downloaded, then
accessed the mail server and deleted all mail.

I then sent a test message, and checked the server after fetchmail had
received this mail and it was not there after delivery. So all is well.

Regards

Gav

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Subject: Re: [fetchmail]Re: Fetchamil Nokeep / flush
Post by Gavin Roberts
This is fetchmail release 5.9.0+NTLM+INET6 Linux mail.*****.co.uk
2.2.16C37_III #1 Sat Apr 12 14:54:32 PDT 2003 i586 unknown
Well, we're not supporting antedeluvian software like that, sorry.

You might want to try fetchmail 6.3.4-rc2 (preferred. alternatively,
6.3.3 or perhaps 6.3.2), but I'm not making promises about IPv6 on old
systems (kernel, libc), and my motivation to work around libc or kernel
bugs in obsolete versions is very limited and I might expect payment for
doing that.
Post by Gavin Roberts
poll mail.*****.co.uk localdomains *****.co.uk *****.co .uk "nokeep" proto
POP3: envelope X-Netpresto-To user ***** with pass "*****" to * here poll
pop.*****.co.uk localdomains *****-uk.com "nokeep" proto POP3
: user ***** with pass "*****" to * here fetchall
Please don't expect me to read unformatted made-up files like these. Of
course you may mask user names and passwords, but I do expect a minimum
level of formatting (read: line breaks and alignment), and please do not
mask domain names because that makes checking DNS impossible.
Post by Gavin Roberts
From what I understand there is something called BlueLinQ which allows you
to install third party software, but I do not want to install fetchmail on
top of its self, causing any problems.
Well... whatever that Bluelinq stuff is.

You can install fetchmail into a separate directory, for instance you
might use: ./configure --with-ssl --enable-NTLM --prefix=/opt/fetchmail-6.3
build with "make all check", install with "make install"
and then run: /opt/fetchmail-6.3/bin/fetchmail -f /your/config/file
(give the real path and name for the configuration file).

HTH,
--
Matthias Andree
Matthias Andree
2006-04-11 09:49:02 UTC
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Post by Gavin Roberts
We have resolved the issue, since adding the "nokeep" to the poll entries,
it didn't seem to work at first because all the mail on the server was still
being marked in the log, but fetchmail: not flushed was next to these.
I restarted fetchmail to make sure all the newest mail was downloaded, then
accessed the mail server and deleted all mail.
I then sent a test message, and checked the server after fetchmail had
received this mail and it was not there after delivery. So all is well.
No, do not delude yourself to believe all were well. It is in fact not.

There have been half a dozen security fixes since fetchmail 5.9.0, and
probably also to the Linux kernel. The four most recent fetchmail
security announcements are on http://www.fetchmail.info/, and other
fixes can be seen from the NEWS file.
--
Matthias Andree
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