[Scottish] fetchmail

[Allan Bruce]

> > if I type "fetchmail -a" manually, it works but the entry in the crontab
> > doesnt work.
> > The crontab entry looks like
> >
> >
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28
> > ,29,
> >
30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,5
> > 5,56
> > ,57,58,59 * * * * allan "/usr/bin/fetchmail -a"
>
> Which user has that in their crontab?  Is it root?  What does the
> "allan" command do on your machine?  I suspect that that is the part
> that isn't working.
>
> Have you tried an entry in allan's crontab that reads:
>
>   * * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail -a
>

Thats a good question - how do I make a crontab for each user?
Thanks
Allan