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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:42:44 -0400
From: Scott Brim <swb AT employees DOT org>
To: Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Way around .fetchmailrc and permissions on Win95??
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In-Reply-To: <20010831054323.A22007@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>; from 01031149@3web.net on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 05:43:23AM -0600

Duke Normandin schrieb am Fri, Aug 31, 2001 05:43:23AM -0600:
> 
> I did a:
> 
> fetchmail -V >>/var/log/fetchmail
> 
> to check my setup. Fetchmail choked on my ${HOME}/.fetchmailrc perms.
> Anobody have a work-around solution? I realize (now) that perms don't
> work on a Win95 box ;( TIA....

Use the source to remove the permissions check.  A useful patch is at
<http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~madokam/>, but you could just hunt down the
error message and do it yourself (as I did).

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