Re: Retrieve POP mail automatically?

2012-12-16 Thread John Long
Dale wrote: > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html > > Item 4.10 > > I think the item you want is the pop_checkinterval variable > > The default is 60 seconds Thanks I just tried that after I posted my previous response. It doesn't work either (but it sure looked like it should!)

Re: Retrieve POP mail automatically?

2012-12-16 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Dale Raby [12-16-12 12:40]: [...] > You might wish to consider using IMAP instead. This protocol keeps the > message on the server where you can access it again from, say, the > computer at the public library. POP3 will also allow this, but it is > not the default behavior in most cases. Or

Re: Retrieve POP mail automatically?

2012-12-16 Thread John Long
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:37:29AM -0600, Dale Raby wrote: > On 12/16/2012 10:37 AM, John Long wrote: > > Is there any way to retrieve pop mail automatically in mutt itself rather > > than using fetchmail etc.? > > > > Thanks. > > > > /jl > > >

Re: Retrieve POP mail automatically?

2012-12-16 Thread Dale Raby
On 12/16/2012 10:37 AM, John Long wrote: > Is there any way to retrieve pop mail automatically in mutt itself rather > than using fetchmail etc.? > > Thanks. > > /jl > The short answer is "yes". The long answer is, maybe, if your particular Mutt is compiled with th

Retrieve POP mail automatically?

2012-12-16 Thread John Long
Is there any way to retrieve pop mail automatically in mutt itself rather than using fetchmail etc.? Thanks. /jl -- ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong against HTML e-mail X Loongson MIPS and OpenBSD and proprietary/ \http://www.mutt.org attachments