fetchmailrc syntax error

Bob Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Mon Dec 12 14:49:17 MST 2016


On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 10:31:48PM -0700, Brien Dieterle wrote:
> Edit the hidden file in your home directory called .fetchmailrc and see
> what's wrong with the syntax
> 
> This site has examples
> https://www.linode.com/docs/email/clients/using-fetchmail-to-retrieve-email/
> 
> If you don't know why fetchmail is setup, and you don't have any issues
> with your email, you could just rename the file.
> 
> 
> On Dec 9, 2016 10:15 PM, "Bob Holtzman" <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> All of a sudden I'm getting this error message:
> 
> .fetchmailrc:2: syntax error at "pop.sonic.net"
> 
> /sarcasm on/ What I like about linux is the voluminous information these
> error
> messages give./sarcasm off/
> 
> Tried running a search on the error message but got nothing useful.
> 
> If anyone could give me a clue I would really appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> Bob  Holtzman
> "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...

Thanks for the reply. I'll get into it was soon as I have some time,
probably later this week (I hope). 

-- 
Bob  Holtzman
"Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...



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