Why can not get gmail by getmail

[bowlderster]

Hi, all.
I want to get and send the gmail via mutt+msmtp+getmail.

Now, I can send email. The mutt works well. But it can not get email.

I think something might be wrong about the getmail setup.

I did as the following:
mkdir ~/.getmail
cd ./getmail
emacs getmailrc

#the following is the content of the getmailrc file
[retriever]
type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server = pop.gmail.com
port = 995
username = bowld...@gmail.com
password = mypassword
#
[destination]
type = Maildir
path = ~/Mail/inbox/
#
[options]
verbose = 0
delete = true
message_log = ~/.getmail/getmail.log

But when mutt runs, it seems there are no email the the inbox.

and the getmail.log file does not exist.

Ofcourse, I have installed the getmail4.

Thank you for your kind and help.

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Bowlderster

[Chris]

* bowlderster <bowld...@gmail.com>:

I am guessing you have not yet run getmail. Try it from the command
line. And you can use the -d switch to delete mail off the server. If
all is well, you an always set up cron to run it as often as you wish.

Cheers,
Chris

[bowlderster]

Chris <zero...@abc.com> writes:

Thank you for your help.
As you guess, the getmail does not start.
Now, it works well.

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Bowlerster