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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:21:51 -0800
From: George <d1945 AT sbcglobal DOT net>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: fetchmail -v Not Verbose Enough
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 08:00:03PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> George,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:06:06AM -0800, George wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:56:56AM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 08:12:21AM -0800, George wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, Jason.  Sure, everything's there.  Procamail is
> > working, too.  What's throwing for a loop is this sudden disappearance
> > of screen output when running fetchmail manually with the verbose
> > option set.  I can find a workaround if necessary and monitor the
> > fetchmail log directly, but it would be nice to clearup this oddity.
> 
> AFAICT, this is not a Cygwin fetchmail issue, so you may want to try the
> fetchmail list to find a better workaround -- if one exists.

I should have had a closer look at (a euphemism for "actually read") the 
log file.  The log file didn't exist prior to running fetchmail in 
daemon mode, as evidenced by the first line:

   fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.2.5 daemon

All subsequent invocations of fetchmail (fetchmail -v) generated log 
entries only.  Manually removing the log file allows the -v option to 
function normally and generate screen output.  Executing 'touch 
/var/log/fetchmail.log' recreates the no-screen-output behaviour and 
status messages are again redirected to the log file.

I haven't looked closely enough (another euphemism, but this one for 
"I'm too lazy at the moment") at fetchmail's various logging options (I 
have none set in ~/.fetchmailrc), so I'll leave the issue as to whether 
this is a fetchmail problem to you.

Cheers.

-- 
George 


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