> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Clayton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 2:35 PM
> To: Taylor, Scott J
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Need help retrieving mail with Pine
>
> Right on, Scott. That procedure worked perfectly. One small hitch:
> I used {pop3server/pop3/user=popuserid}INBOX and found out the hard
> way that my "pop3.server" was not mail.servername, but
> mulder.servername. Who knows what 'mulder' means.
>
>
Your isp probably has some X-philers running it. They can call the mail
server whatever they want. They should have told you when you subscribed
otherwise you would never have gotten your email.
> This stuff never
> ceases to mystify and amaze, especially when you succeed at
> something.
>
I agree :-)
> Thanks to all for the good help. Incidentally I downloaded the Pine
> Tech notes from the Univ.of Washington site. They gave substantially
> the same explanation.
>
>
I am thrilled to help! I am still pretty new to Linux and still asking a
lot of questions myself so it is really nice to be able to answer a few
for a change.
> Another great discovery re Pine for me:
> Enable the alternate editor in your config file. Then when
> Pico is not enough, do a ^_ and go to emacs and edit your message
> properly.
>
>
Oh cool. I didn't know that.
> Now here's another question re Pine: Is it possible to
> immediately save your inbox (en toto) to your own machine rather than
> one message at a time? I get lots of mail, and before I can deal with
> it all I've lost my connection, and may not be able to get back for a
> while. Some of these ISP's are too busy, you know.
>
>
Wow, first I would recommend getting an isp that doesn't drop you before
you can get your mail...that sucks! As far as POPing all of your mail
at once in pine....uh, I'm afraid I am not sure. I am still just
playing with Pine myself. Sorry :-(
Scott
> Larry
>
> On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Taylor, Scott J wrote:
>
> > Boy am I on a roll here..
> >
> > A quote from the http://www.washington.edu/pine/QandA/FAQs.html page
> >
> > snip--
> > 1.10 Can Pine be used with a POP server?
> > Versions of PC-Pine prior to 4.00 cannot be used with a POP (Post
> Office
> > Protocol) server. With Unix Pine, and with PC-Pine 4.00, you can
> access
> > a POP server in "online" mode. That is, Pine will start a POP3
> session
> > and keep it open until the mailbox is closed. Due to the nature of
> the
> > POP3 protocol, Pine will not see any new mail which arrives during
> the
> > POP3 session.
> > To access the message INBOX on a POP3 server, use the folder
> definition
> > syntax:
> > {pop3server/pop3}INBOX
> > or, especially useful if your POP account user-id is different from
> the
> > one in your Pine configuration:
> > {pop3server/pop3/user=popuserid}INBOX
> > where pop3server is the hostname of the POP3 server, and popuserid
> your
> > user-id for your POP account. However, this method accesses the POP
> > server in quasi-online mode, not in offline mode, which POP was
> designed
> > for. Accessing the inbox on a POP3 server with Pine does not
> preserve
> > changes to message flags (New, Answered, Deleted, etc.) between
> > sessions.
> > As an alternative, a program such as fetchmail (which supercedes
> > popclient) can be used to download email from a POP server to a
> local
> > Unix account, where it can then be accessed with Pine. fetchmail can
> be
> > obtained from: http://locke.ccil.org/~esr/fetchmail/
> > <http://locke.ccil.org/esr/fetchmail/>
> > --snip
> > HTH,
> > Scott
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Larry Clayton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 6:33 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Need help retrieving mail with Pine
> > >
> > > Thanks for all those who have helped me get a mail program going.
> > >
> > > I've been able to use Pine to send mail and to access and read
> news,
> > > but so far I haven't hit on the appropriate configuration to
> retrieve
> > > mail from my isp. Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9793/
> >
> >
> >
>
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