Re: [Evolution] fetchmail

[Fred Chagnon <fchagnon corp attcanada ca>]

> I use fetchmail + evolution, and it works very nicely.
>
> First, set up fetchmail to drop your incoming mail into mboxes somewhere
> convenient.  Next, create mbox-based accounts in Evolution that use
> "local delivery" to receive messages, using those mboxes instead of the
> default /var/spool/mail/yourname.
>
> Downloading mail becomes a two-step process.  First run fetchmail from a
> shell, and then hit "Send / Receive" to pull the downloaded messages
> into Evolution.

...or run fetchmail with the -d switch (daemon mode) or as a cronjob and
set the Evolution account to refresh that folder as often as the daemon
or cronjob checks email. 

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Fred Chagnon                    Systems Administrator
fchagnon corp attcanada ca      Internet Services and Infrastructure
416.341.5347                    AT&T Canada 

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