Re: [Solved] Unable to configure .fetchmailrc

Brad Rogers <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user
Organization Catch 22
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:16:55 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Roger,

>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.

Never, *ever* add details based on an assumption you've made.  As can be
seen from this thread, that causes multiple issues.

Furthermore, in the message I quoted you *again* misstate what the man
page reads, which is /actually/;  ~/.fetchmailrc.  

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