Januk wrote:
JA> I just set up my Unix account to act as my POP3 server. For some
JA> reason Unix creates an e-mail message, that isn't really a message,
JA> that holds some necessary configuration information.
I've never really determined what that message is all about, but it's
actually created by your POP server. Don't worry about it; TB! won't
download it to you because the POP server won't send it to you because
the POP server knows what it is and needs it for itself. :)
Not all POP servers use this, but some recent ones that I've used (but
never paid attention to what they are) don't. Current POP server (I'm
sure I could find out which one it is if anyone's interested, it's on
my ISP's Linux box) does not use this configuration file.
JA> I think I can delete the file without any problems, but until I find
JA> out for sure from an Unix guru, I think I'd rather leave it on the
JA> server.
I believe that what it does is basically mark a "last read" location
in the file; that is, if you're downloading mail but not deleting,
that indicates where in the mail spool the server needs to pick up
again. I would imagine it's because the POP writer didn't want to
depend on (or didn't know about) the way the flags work on messages.
JA> And while we're on the topic of my Unix server and TB, does anyone
JA> know of a good way to have my SSH program launched when I launch TB?
Ooo, sounds interesting. How are you authenticating with SSH? I've
tried APOP assuming it's similar in concept, but it doesn't seem to
work on my end.
-tom!
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