[LUG] Setting up Fetchmail

[Peter James <petefjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can anyone help a beginner with setting up Fetchmail?
I have written a .fetchmailrc file as follows:
poll clara.net -- protocol pop3 --username xxxxxxxxxx password xxxxxxxxx
and placed the file in /home/peter.  Every time I try to use .fetchmail I
get the error message that "no mail servers have been specified".  I can
utilise fetchmail by typing the whole line at the command prompt, and
fetchmail then downloads the waiting Emails.
1.  Have I put the file in the correct directory?
and
2.  Have I failed to do something else that is essential for the running
of this process?
3.  Do I start the fetchmail process by typing "fetchmail" at the command
prompt, or is this too simplistic?
Any help greatly appreciated.
I am using Linux Suse 8.1
Peter James
please reply to: pfjames@xxxxxxxxxxx


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