Global Options

Each global option should be placed on a single line after a set action.

• daemon <seconds> - Specifies daemon-mode, where Fetchmail stays in the background. Replace <seconds> with the number of seconds Fetchmail is to wait before polling the server.

• postmaster - Specifies a local user to send mail to in case of delivery problems.
• syslog - Specifies the log file for errors and status messages. By default, this is /var/log/maillog.