"Kim C. Callis" wrote:
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> On 09-Jan-99 J-L Boers wrote about the following [SuSE Linux] Can Kmail
> automatically check mail? :
> ||
> || I use Suse 5.3 with KDE and use Kmail. Great simple email program and
> || it really works great for me. I have a question that I just cannot
> || find the answer to. KDE's site makes no reference to it nor does any
> || of the docs, faq's etc that I have read.
> ||
> || Can Kmail automatically check and retrieve email? I would like it to
> || check mail every 30 minutes or so.
>
> I am not a Kmail user, so this is more of a generic answer that should
> solve the needs of people new to mail under Linux. You may want to take a
> look at a pop mail client, such as fetchmail or the likes to automatically
> pull your mail down.
>
> Most of the time you have to invoke a pop client manually once you connect
> to the net. Fetchmail runs a daemon which will check for mail as often as
> you specify. This makes for a nice solution in handling your mail needs!
For those interested in setting up a basic fetchmail on SuSE see
http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/fetchmail.htm
rob
Linux Home page http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm
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