Re: [Sheflug] Re: Fetchmail

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> 59 *  * * *     root  /usr/bin/fetchmail -d0
> 
> mail is not downloaded.  Tried 'fetchmail -d0' manually and mail is
> downloaded.  Maybe I'm imagining things ?  What to do next.
> 

Well ... first off ... is fetchmail running ? Try creating a log file,
or have another cron entry that's identical but just does a
"touch /tmp/tempfile", or similar, just to ensure /etc/crontab is being
parsed. Check syslog messages as well - cron might be reporting an error
in there.

Chris...


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