You may benefit from also checking out getmail. It's simpler, cleaner and may be less prone to dropping mail (a fact advertised by the author of getmail). I find it works really well, particularly when combined with wmbiff. Wmbiff can be set up to execute getmail whenever its polling detects mail arriving at the server. Since I live in X this works better for me than starting it at login time. I also like that it's written in Python, and therefore theoretically easy to modify.
Good luck, Steve Cooper Colin Cashman wrote: > > > I want a program to start automatically each time I login into my > > > account. In which initializing file should I write the name of the > > > program? > > > > You could add the command to your .bashrc file, it will be executed > > after you login. > > Might be better to add it to his .bash_profile, unless he's got .bash_profile > set up to read .bashrc (which, I believe, is not the > default in Debian). > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]