From 3b80ff4bce49781bef18b86848a45b06234cf656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josef Friedrich Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:13:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] New Section: Polling interval --- ...emote-mail-server-(using-builtin-fetchmail).md | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Retrieve-emails-from-a-remote-mail-server-(using-builtin-fetchmail).md b/Retrieve-emails-from-a-remote-mail-server-(using-builtin-fetchmail).md index 96220d6..0100d8d 100644 --- a/Retrieve-emails-from-a-remote-mail-server-(using-builtin-fetchmail).md +++ b/Retrieve-emails-from-a-remote-mail-server-(using-builtin-fetchmail).md @@ -43,7 +43,16 @@ poll 'pop3.example.com' proto pop3 __IMPORTANT__: Don’t forget the last line: e. g. `is 'user1@domain.tld'`. After `is` you have to specify one email address from the configuration file `config/postfix-accounts.cf`. -More details how to configure fetchmail can be found in the [fetchmail man page in the chapter “The run control file”](http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#31). +More details how to configure fetchmail can be found in the [fetchmail man page in the chapter “The run control file”](http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#31). + +## Polling interval + +By default the fetchmail service searches very 5 minutes for new mails on your external mail accounts. You can override this default value by adding this line to your `fetchmail.cf`. + +``` +set daemon 60 +``` +You must specify a numeric argument which is a polling interval in seconds. The example above polls every minute for new mails. # Debugging @@ -53,6 +62,4 @@ To debug your `fetchmail.cf` configuration run this command: ./setup.sh debug fetchmail ``` -For more informations about the configuration script `setup.sh` [[read the corresponding wiki page|Setup-docker-mailserver-using-the-script-setup.sh]]. - -By default the fetchmail service searches very 5 minutes for new mails on your external mail accounts. \ No newline at end of file +For more informations about the configuration script `setup.sh` [[read the corresponding wiki page|Setup-docker-mailserver-using-the-script-setup.sh]]. \ No newline at end of file