On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 07:01:10PM -0500, Chris Hilts wrote: | On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:57:53AM +0100, R. Pac wrote: | > By the way how may I configure Mutt to take mail directly from a pop | > server without using fetchmail ? | | You don't. The closest you can come to this is probably IMAP, where | mutt will leave the mail on the IMAP server and deal with it remotely.
You can, actually. The relevant settings are (from 'man muttrc') : pop_authenticators pop_auth_try_all pop_checkinterval pop_delete pop_host pop_last pop_reconnect pop_user pop_pass | You didn't tell us about your setup. FWIW, I think fetchmail is | a wonderful way to go, especially if you use procmail as the local | delivery agent (LDA). (Assuming a home setup, mail received by your | ISP) Still, I agree that it is better to use fetchmail to "fetch" and hand the mail off to your local MTA (exim) which will then deliver the mail (either use exim's filter file or procmail) and then use mutt to read the folder. -D -- Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"? Proverbs 20:9