Re: [fetchmail-users] "requires envelope option!"

[Anne W. <can...@go...>]

On Monday 27 Aug 2007, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 8/27/07, Anne Wilson <can...@go...> wrote:
> > As far as I know, this is what I'm doing.  I run fetchmail as anne, and
> > all messages are delivered to me.  On separate cron jobs, fetchmail runs
> > as david, and all mail is delivered to him.  Isn't that singledrop-mode?
>
> It is, though fetchmail doesn't agree with you :)
>
> > For David's mail - mine doesn't bring the problem\;
> >
> > set logfile = /home/david/fetchmail.log
> >
> > poll pop3.mailbox.co.uk with proto pop3
> >         user "xxxxxx.xxxx"
> >         pass "xxxx"
> >         is david -a
>
> Ok, what's with the command line argument after "david"?  If you mean
> fetchall then you have to use fetchall.  Currently fetchmail is
> expecting to deliver to 2 accounts: "david" and "-a".
>
Now I understand, and also why I don't have the problem on my account.  When I 
set up his I did go back to the man page to refresh my memory.  I 
misunderstood the entry '-a | --all | (since v6.3.3) --fetchall', reading it, 
actually in reverse.  Instead of --fetchall, as in my accounts, I used what I 
thought I had seen to be the preferred '-a'.  Duh!

> > Sufficiently obscured for spam, I think:
> >
> > Return-Path: <con...@e2...>
> >  X-Original-To: david@localhost
> >  Delivered-To: da...@lo...main
>
> If you were doing multi-drop you'd use the envelope "Delivered-To"

Hopefully, having altered fetchmailrc, I shouldn't be seeing the problem 
again, but I'll mark this message up for reference, in case I need it later.

Thanks for help and patience.

Anne