Re: [Solved] Unable to configure .fetchmailrc

Roger Price <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026, Nicolas George wrote:

> Roger Price (HE12026-08-17):
> > Answer : This is because Debian doesn't use the configuration file given in the 
> > man page - it doesn't use the configuration file /root/.fetchmailrc .
> 
> In what man page did you find mention of /root/.fetchmailrc?

The page produced by the Debian 13 command man fetchmail.  The man page just 
says .fetchmailrc . I added /root/ to clarify my understanding of what was 
meant.

Roger
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