Editing Fetchmail (section)

==Configure fetchmail==

There are two ways of configuring fetchmail. We can make it run as a daemon with a global configuration file, or we can create a cron job to run fetchmail together with per-user configuration files.We use cron job to run fetchmail which is described below.

Let's assume Raunaq has two email accounts from which we want to retrieve emails.

The fetchmail utility requires a configuration file known as .fetchmailrc, in order to run correctly. This file includes server information as well as login credentials. Due to the sensitive nature of the contents of this file, it is advisable to make it readable only by the owner, with the following command:

 vim /home/raunaq/.fetchmailrc 
 chown raunaq:raunaq /home/raunaq/.fetchmailrc 
 chmod 600 .fetchmailrc 

create a cron job like this one (which would start fetchmail every five minutes):
 
 */5 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail &> /dev/null 


Fectmailrc setting to fetch mails for a single user:

 poll pop3.rahlabs.com with proto POP3 
 user raunaq@rahlabs.com there with password "cat_ey!@#" is "raunaq" here 

Where,
pop3.rahlabs.com - My POP3 server

proto POP3 – You are using POP3 protocol

raunaq@rahlabs.com - POP3 username

"cat_ey!@#" - POP3 password

"raunaq" - Local mailbox name

Fetchmailrc setting to fetch mail for multiple users:
 
 defaults
 no dns
 envelope Delivered-To:
 set postmaster "allpowerfulladmin"
 poll mail.rahlabs.com
 localdomains yourlocaldomain.com
 proto pop3
 user "username" pass "pass" to *
 fetchall