The Fetchmail FAQ The Fetchmail FAQ Table of Contents Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail.........................................................................................................1 General problems........................................................................................................................................................3 G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?............................................................................................3 G2. Where do I find the latest FAQ and fetchmail sources?...........................................................................3 G3. Something does not work/I think I've found a bug. Will you fix it?........................................................3 G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?..................................................................................5 G5. I want to make fetchmail remove kept mail after some days...................................................................5 G6. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?...............................................................................................5 G7. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?.........................................................................................5 G8. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?..........................................................................................6 G9. What is the best mail program to use with fetchmail?..............................................................................6 G10. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?....................................................................................6 G11. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?........................................................7 G12. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?.............................................................................8 G13. Is any special configuration needed to send mail?.................................................................................8 G14. Is fetchmail Y2K-compliant?..................................................................................................................8 G15. Is there a way in fetchmail to support disconnected IMAP mode?........................................................8 G16. How will fetchmail perform under heavy loads?....................................................................................8 Build-time problems..................................................................................................................................................11 B1. Make coughs and dies when building on FreeBSD................................................................................11 B2. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.................................................................................11 B3. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail......................................................................................11 B4. I get build failures in the intl directory...................................................................................................11 Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions...................................................................................................13 F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc file no longer work?...............................................................................13 F2. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my all-numeric user name............................................................14 F3. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my host or username beginning with 'no'.....................................14 F4. I'm getting a 'parse error' message I don't understand.............................................................................15 Configuration questions............................................................................................................................................17 C1. Why do I need a .fetchmailrc when running as root on my own machine?............................................17 C2. How can I arrange for a fetchmail daemon to get killed when I log out?...............................................17 C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?......................................................18 C4. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam features?.................................................................18 C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less often than others?.....................................................19 C6. Fetchmail works OK started up manually, but not from an init script....................................................19 C7. How can I forward mail to another host?................................................................................................19 C8. Why is "NOMAIL" an error?/I frequently get messages from cron!......................................................19 How to make fetchmail play nice with various MTAs...........................................................................................21 T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?................................................................................................21 T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?......................................................................................................22 T3. How can I use fetchmail with exim?.......................................................................................................22 T4. How can I use fetchmail with smail?......................................................................................................23 T5. How can I use fetchmail with SCO's MMDF?........................................................................................23 T6. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?...........................................................................................23 T7. How can I use fetchmail with Courier IMAP?........................................................................................23 T8. How can I use fetchmail with vbmailshield?..........................................................................................23 i The Fetchmail FAQ Table of Contents How to make fetchmail work with various servers................................................................................................25 S1. How can I use fetchmail with qpopper?..................................................................................................25 S2. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?...............................................................................25 S3. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?.........................................................................................26 S4. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?.................................................................................26 S5. How can I use fetchmail with InterChange?...........................................................................................26 S6. How can I use fetchmail with MailMax?................................................................................................27 S7. How can I use fetchmail with FTGate?...................................................................................................27 How to fetchmail work with specific ISPs...............................................................................................................29 I1. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?..................................................................................29 I2. How can I use fetchmail with Demon Internet's SDPS?..........................................................................29 I3. How can I use fetchmail with usa.net's servers?......................................................................................30 I4. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?...........................................................................30 I5. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail or Lycos Webmail?....................................................................30 I6. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?.......................................................................................................31 I7. How can I use fetchmail with SpryNet?...................................................................................................31 I8. How can I use fetchmail with comcast.net or other Maillennium servers?.............................................31 I9. How can I use fetchmail with GMail/Google Mail?................................................................................31 How to set up well-known security and authentication methods..........................................................................33 K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?..................................................................................................33 K2. How can I use fetchmail with IPv6 and IPsec?......................................................................................33 K3. How can I get fetchmail to work with ssh?............................................................................................33 K4. What do I have to do to use the IMAP-GSS protocol?...........................................................................33