[fetchmail]daemon prob fedora core 3

[Andy Heath]

Matthias Andree wrote:

> Andy <h.iawatha@ekit.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>I'm trying to run fetchmail as a daemon on fedora core 3.
>>
>>I tried 
>>
>>6.2.5
>>6.2.0-6
>>
>>built with the usual vanilla configure;make;make install
>>
>>but can get no joy.  The only way I can get
>>it to work is by using crontab with a script
>>that kills any existing daemon then runs one
>>with "-d 0" (which sometimes terminates and
>>sometimes doesn't - hence the kill).
> 
> 
> -d 0 means "daemon mode off". Use a decent setting, such as -d 900,
> when starting fetchmail.
> 

doh ..... yes I know it means daemon mode off, as I said,
I can't get it to work with daemon mode on.

harry