I run getmail as a cron job and have it set to check the server every 10
minutes. It works greats, and is easy to configure. Here is the
excerpt from my cron file:
0,10,20,30,40,50 8 * * * * /home/monty/getmail-1.10/getmail -n
Hope this helps
Monty
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:40:48PM -0700, Don W. Jenkins wrote:
At 07:02 PM 5/16/00 +0200, you wrote:
I use Pine, too, along with Getmail. I like Getmail because it will
deliver my Pop3 messages directly to my inbox, and then Pine can pick them
up. It also appears to me that Pine can be configured to use SMTP to send
messages out directly through my ISP, as that is the way it is working for
me. Which is a good thing, as I can't get Mutt to send, and it works in
conjunction with Postfix/Sendmail. The only thing I would really like
Fetchmail for is its polling ability, but there again, I can't get it to
work, as it also works with Postfix/Sendmail, and I have no idea where the
messages are ending up with Fetchmail. Not the inbox. Do you know if
there is any way for Getmail to poll the server periodically or run ad a
daemon? I guess its beauty is its simplicity. I like Pine, too because it
is easy to read, it will open URL's either in Netscape or Lynx, and I can
do everything without moving my hands from the keyboard.
Don J.
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael wrote:
Paul,
Thanks for the heads up. I only venture forth into Bill's world when
forced. So you use Pine, eh? I am comfortable with NS' mail program;
guess if comfort was my criterion I wouldn't be on this list, though, so
where would you point me to in terms of help files, to be able to get it
(Pine)up and running?
Hi Michael,
First off: Pine is not graphical. It is all text-based although in a
konsole-window it reacts to mouse clicks (reall neat). I picked pine
because I don't want colored backgrounds and music and jumping images in
my mail. I am colorblind, and most of the colored background stuff makes
it impossible for me to read the actual mail.
Pine is a Mail User Agent. That means you use it to type mail and tell it
to dump it somewhere. Then a Mail Transport Agent picks up the mail and
sends it out.
NS Mail does this all for you, it directly connects to SMTP and POP
servers.
For MTA you have several choices:
Sendmail (standard in the package, but see the "Sendmail in a nutshell"
and be scared)
-used ver much, terrible (for me) to configure
Qmail (www.qmail.org)
-Easier to install (although that gave me some extra grey hairs too) and
apparently more safe than Sendmail. ALthough for 1 person, that is not a
big deal I guess.
To pull mail from a server you can either use FETCHMAIL (standard in the
package) or Getmail (which I use)
Now you know this, decide if you want to venture into Pine or Mutt (also
text based) and let the world know...
Paul
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