Re: [Fetchmail-users] syntax error at user

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am 29.01.20 um 23:43 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4:
> Decided to test 6.4.1 as 64 bit on a 64 bit machine. Copied .fetchmailrc from working machine and commented out all but one test user.
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> Trying to run from command line or install as daemon get:
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> "fetchmail:/root/.fetchmailrc:15: syntax error at user."
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> I followed some online examples, changing user to -u, removing single quotes around user name, no change.
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> The user name does take the form of "us...@do...".
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> I have not found a document that specifically addresses .fetchmailrc syntax changes  although I may recall having seen one.


show us something that we can possibly help with...  but note you need
line that starts with "poll" or possibly "skip",
such a copy of the .fetchmailrc with the domain replaced by .example.org
and the password as XXXXXXXX.

You may want to add --keep to your command line.