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Hello Jason,

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Jason Tishler wrote:

> > Here is my config file without the lines containing usernames and
> > passwords:
> >
> > # Configuration created Thu Oct  3 14:40:04 2002 by fetchmailconf
> > set syslog
>
> I believe removing the above line should fix the problem.  We have from
> the (6.2.5 and 6.3.1) man page:
>
>     The --syslog option (keyword: set syslog) allows you to redirect
>     status and error messages emitted to the syslog(3) system daemon if
>     available.
>
> Sorry, but I'm not sure why the output went to the console with your
> previous installation.

Well, in a sense it does but it is not as it used to be:

ptsekov AT mordor ~
$ fetchmail
2 messages for 14308112 at pop.gmx.net (231717 octets).
reading message 14308112 AT pop DOT gmx DOT net:1 of 2 (2985 octets) ..fetchmail:
SMTP connect to localhost failed
fetchmail: can't raise the listener; falling back to /usr/bin/procmail -d
%T flushed
reading message 14308112 AT pop DOT gmx DOT net:2 of 2 (228732 octets)
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
flushed

I saw this in the manpage of fetchmail:

       The  --syslog  option (keyword: set syslog) allows you to redirect
       status and error messages emitted to the syslog(3)
       system daemon if available.  Messages are logged with an id of
       fetchmail,  the  facility  LOG_MAIL,  and  priorities
       LOG_ERR,  LOG_ALERT  or  LOG_INFO.   This option is intended for
       logging status and error messages which indicate the
       status of the daemon and the results while fetching mail from the
       server(s).

and in the past it used to be:

     set syslog     Do  error  logging  through   syslog(3).


Well, I guess I have to live with it - it seems like it is a upstream
change ?! If you look at the descripption of --showdots command line
option you'll see that fetchmail is supposed to write the dots if it is
attached to a tty, but ... By the way I just noticed that the --logfile
option doesn't produce a logfile as suggested no matter if "set syslog" is
in the config file or not.


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