Re: New mail doesn't show up till I send mail
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 11:34:12PM +0100, Thomas B. wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 01:58:30PM -0800, John Velman wrote:
> > I copied my .procmailrc, my .fetchmailrc, and my .muttrc pretty much intact
> > >from my old Linux box to my (leopard) mac. I set up postfix pretty much
> > like on my old linux box (slackware). (By the way, mutt compiled out of the
> > box on leopard -- no need for Fink or Macports.)
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Same kind of thing happened today. No new mail. After sending a test
> > message from plain mail, the new mail showed up.
> >
> > I'd be happy if someone could point me where to look!
>
> I would guess that it's a Postfix configuration problem: Sounds like the
> mail from fetchmail gets stuck in some queue, which is only flushed when
> you manually kick Postfix by sending some mail.
This sounds right. Now to find out where. At least its a start.
>
> Is fetchmail configured to deliver mail through Postfix? Is Postfix
> running as a daemon?
I think so. After the initial kick, mail (such as yours) seems to come in
with no further incentive.
(Or - maybe postfix runs at intervals. I thought I fixed that in
master.cf, but I'd better double check.)
Thanks!
>
>
> Hope to help,
> Thomas