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Re: command not found [SOLVED]

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: command not found [SOLVED]
Date 2015-12-18 11:30 +0100
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On Thu 17 Dec 2015 at 12:59:47 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 07:18:31PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 16 Dec 2015 at 11:05:22 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:06:14AM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > > > Please post your .fetchmailrc, obfuscating any identifying
> > > > information in it.
> > > > 
> > > > Scripts can yield up a "command not found" when the nfg executable
> > > > is not the script itself but, say, some utility called in the
> > > > script. (Think: "Do I need to make any egreps greps." Just an
> > > > _example_.)
> > > > 
> > > > Also, run 'fetchmail --version' for debugging info.
> > > 
> > > It was disabled in the /etc/default/fetchmail file.
> > 
> > What do you mean by "it"? Do you mean you changed
> > 
> >   START_DAEMON=no
> > 
> > to
> > 
> >   START_DAEMON=yes ?
> > 
> > What would that have to do with running the command "fetchmail"? Either
> > fetchmail fetches mail from a POP3 server or it doesn't. Running it as a
> > daemon would appear to me to have little to do with it, especially as
> > your first post did not mention this was requirement.
> > 
> > I have "START_DAEMON=no" and the fetchmail command does what it is
> > supposed to do.
> > 
> > You need to examine what your requirements are and how you have gone
> > about implementing them.
> 
> Ran a search on "command not found" and one of the hits talked about
> changing the /etc/default/fetchmail file from "START_DAEMON=no" to 
> "START_DAEMON=yes". I tried it and fetchmail immediately started
> working. After reading your post I tried changing it back to "no" and,
> I'll be damned, it still works.
> 
> My requirements are simple and evident: I want to d/l my email. My
> implementation is the same that has for many years, including yesterday
> (after the fetchmail command started working).
> 
> I've been running linux in various distros for over 10 yrs and every
> once in a while something like this pops up to show me how little I
> really know. One thing about linux, sometimes it's a great little ego
> buster.

The guts of my ~/.fetchmailrc are

  poll     <POP3 server>
  proto    pop3
  user     <Could be bob or bob@example.com>
  password <secret>
  ssl      <May or may not be needed. Depends on the server>

'fetchmail -c -v' for testing.

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command not found Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-15 23:10 +0100
  Re: command not found Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2015-12-15 23:40 +0100
    Re: command not found Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-16 02:00 +0100
      Re: command not found Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2015-12-16 02:00 +0100
        Re: command not found Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-16 02:40 +0100
          Re: command not found Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 02:40 +0100
      Re: command not found "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-12-16 08:20 +0100
  Re: command not found Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-16 00:10 +0100
    Re: command not found "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-16 00:20 +0100
      Re: command not found Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-16 00:30 +0100
      Re: command not found Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-16 02:00 +0100
        Re: command not found Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-16 02:30 +0100
    Re: command not found Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 00:30 +0100
  Re: command not found John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-16 00:20 +0100
  Re: command not found Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-12-16 01:20 +0100
    Re: command not found Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-16 02:10 +0100
      Re: command not found John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-16 03:10 +0100
      Re: command not found Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 04:50 +0100
  Re: command not found Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-16 06:10 +0100
    Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-16 19:10 +0100
      Re: command not found [SOLVED] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-16 20:20 +0100
        Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-17 21:10 +0100
          Re: command not found [SOLVED] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-18 11:30 +0100
            POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 11:40 +0100
              Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-12-18 12:00 +0100
                Re: POP3 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-18 12:20 +0100
                Re: POP3 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-12-18 12:50 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2015-12-18 13:40 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 15:40 +0100
              Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-18 12:30 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 12:40 +0100
              Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 15:40 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-18 16:00 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 17:10 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-18 22:40 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-18 23:00 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-12-18 16:30 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 17:10 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 17:20 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-12-18 18:30 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 19:20 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-12-18 20:10 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 23:10 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-18 17:20 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 20:50 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-12-19 17:10 +0100
                Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-20 01:20 +0100
                OT Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-20 21:00 +0100
                Re: OT Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-20 21:50 +0100
              Re: POP3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-12-18 16:30 +0100
                Re: POP3 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 16:40 +0100
                Re: POP3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-12-19 01:30 +0100
                Re: POP3 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 01:50 +0100
                Re: POP3 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-21 14:50 +0100
                Re: POP3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-01-04 16:50 +0100
            Re: command not found [SOLVED] Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2015-12-18 18:10 +0100
              Re: command not found [SOLVED] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-19 20:50 +0100
      Re: command not found [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-16 20:30 +0100

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