Re: [Fetchmail-users] IMAP Idle in Daemon mode as non-root user

[<ns...@gm...>]

I would like to have multiple Fetchmail instances running on machine. All instances shall be started directly on system start-up and running all the time until the system is shutdown.
Each of the instances shall hold one IMAP Idle connection.

Is using the daemon mode the correct way or would it only be required to start/call each Fetchmail instance once in start-up and it will continue to run?
What about errors (e.g. interruptions of the IMAP connection), will fetchmal simply continue its processes or will they abort and have to be restarted?
How to ensure that Fetchmal runs forever and does never close a process?



> Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 26.07.2023 um 16:10 Uhr
> Von: "Andrew C Aitchison" <fet...@ai...>
> An: ns...@gm...
> Cc: fet...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [Fetchmail-users] IMAP Idle in Daemon mode as non-root user
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2023, ns...@gm... wrote:
>
> > is it possible to run IMAP Idle in daemon mode as non-root user? I don't get the point on how to configure the daemon interval if IMAP wants to keep the connection open for "Idle".
> > Wouldn't the daemon interval conflict with the connection that is kept open?
> >
> > Could someone help me with my understanding?
>
> Are you using daemon mode because you want to connect to several
> mailboxes ? In IDLE mode you can only connect to one mailbox, so I
> think the answer is "No, you cannot run IDLE and daemon mode in the
> same process".
>
> If you want to connect in IDLE mode, I would suggest a separate
> FETCHMAILHOME directory, with its own config, and run a separate
>            fetchmail -f <configfile>
> process for each mailbox.
>
> --
> Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
>                     an...@ai...