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fetchmail configuration

I've installed fetchmail, but I'm noot too sure about its configuration (i.e., what goes into /etc/fetchmailrc). What I want to do is this: I want to fetch my emails from my ISP's POP3 server, and I want to put these emails into the mailbox of the user "lola" on my local Linux machine...

/etc/fetchmailrc:

Code:

set postmaster  root



set no bouncemail                # avoid loss on 4xx errors

                                # on the other hand, 5xx errors get

                                # more dangerous...



##########################################################################

# Hosts to poll

##########################################################################



# Defaults ===============================================================

# Set antispam to -1, since it is far safer to use that together with

# no bouncemail

defaults:

timeout 300

antispam -1

batchlimit 100



poll your-isps-pop-server.com protocol POP3 user "your_username" there with password "your_password" is lola here fetchall

You have to replace your-isps-pop-server.com, your_username and your_password with your own values.