Re: [Fetchmail-users] WG: Running multiple fetchmail processes at the same time

[Carlos E. R. <rob...@te...>]

On 2017-05-20 12:46, grarpamp wrote:
>> (You can however cheat and set the FETCHMAILHOME
>>        environment variable to overcome this setting,
>>        but in that case, it is your responsibility to make sure you
>>        aren't polling the same server with two processes
>>        at the same time.)
> 
> Polling the same server with N processes at the same time is a
> highly valid use case. 

I assume the issue is not polling the same account. Polling the same
server should be no problem, except that fetchmail doesn't do it on its own.

> There are various ways to do that today.
> Having enhanced fetchmail config file semantics would help
> streamline it.

That would be nice :-)

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		Carlos E. R.

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