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Subject: Re: fetchmail with mmdf
From: spcecdt@deeptht.armory.com (John DuBois)
Date: Mon, Feb 17, 2003 11:57 AM

In article <slrnb51ubd.o4a.ToZ@localhost.localdomain>,
./ToZ <ToZ@ToZ.CoM> wrote:
>How can I setup fetchmail to use the local MDA?
>I tried running fetchmail -vvv -m /usr/mmdf/bin/deliver and I get:
>
>#***fetchmail: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket errorfetchmail:
>socket error while fetching from pop6.xxx.ca
>fetchmail: Query status=2
>fetchmail: normal termination, status 2

deliver doesn't accept messages on its input; its job is to start up the
delivery channels.  Try '/usr/lib/mail/execmail -f %F %T' (untested).

        John
-- 
John DuBois  spcecdt@armory.com  KC6QKZ/AE  http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/

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