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Hi,
I would like to use fetchmail to grab emails from an IMAP server and forward them to another account.
After speaking to somebody at my University they have given me an account on the Unix box that has fetchmail installed. They insisted that I should have a go at setting it up first but I'm getting a bit stuck! I've used linux to only a limited amount before and whilst I am happy to explore (And will do so more now I have access to a Unix box) I don't want to mess anything up!
I was given a bit of help by the way of a template for my ~/.fetchmailrc file... See below:
Can anybody advise if this requires any changes making?
How can I set up the frequency with which it should check? And what does fetchlimit do and should I consider changing it?
Considering this template has been given to me I don't want to change things without knowing exactly what they do incase I do something I shouldn't (EG, I assume fetchlimit 5 is there for a reason?).
Also, I want to fetch only new emails and I do not want them deleted from the server or altered in anyway - Infact, I want to appear as though it is not even doing anything (EG, No change to before) with the exception that emails get forwarded to another address too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
I would like to use fetchmail to grab emails from an IMAP server and forward them to another account.
After speaking to somebody at my University they have given me an account on the Unix box that has fetchmail installed. They insisted that I should have a go at setting it up first but I'm getting a bit stuck! I've used linux to only a limited amount before and whilst I am happy to explore (And will do so more now I have access to a Unix box) I don't want to mess anything up!
I was given a bit of help by the way of a template for my ~/.fetchmailrc file... See below:
Can anybody advise if this requires any changes making?
How can I set up the frequency with which it should check? And what does fetchlimit do and should I consider changing it?
Considering this template has been given to me I don't want to change things without knowing exactly what they do incase I do something I shouldn't (EG, I assume fetchlimit 5 is there for a reason?).
Also, I want to fetch only new emails and I do not want them deleted from the server or altered in anyway - Infact, I want to appear as though it is not even doing anything (EG, No change to before) with the exception that emails get forwarded to another address too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.