Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:45:48 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good mail client? Message-ID: <20011018074548.D36953@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20011018050940.K63337-100000@big>; from root@pukruppa.de on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 05:17:07AM %2B0000 References: <20011017224545.A19431@polands.org> <20011018050940.K63337-100000@big>
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> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 05:17:07 +0000 (GMT) > From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> > To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> > Cc: Jim Flournoy <bsdspaceman@yahoo.com>, > Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Re: Good mail client? > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Doug Poland wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 08:35:08PM -0700, Jim Flournoy wrote: > > > > > > > Your MUA wraps computer output and also wraps quoted > > > > text incorrectly. > > > > > > I'm sick of using webmail in windows. Can anyone > > > recommend a good text-based (no X!) mail client that > > > will work with yahoo's webmail? (pop3) I'm using > > > Freebsd 4.3. I apropos'ed "email client" but nothing > > > turned up. Thank you. > > > > > > > mutt rules > Not on my console. I prefer pine. > It is as fast as lightning, when you set the arrow-keys to > lynx-like motion. > mutt is for people who like emacs :-) I like vi(m), and mutt. > Anyway: neither mutt nor pine can fetch their mail from a > POP3 account themselves. You need an additional utility > called "fetchmail" This might be true for Pine which I don't know, but mutt has some support for POP3 servers. 1.2.5i for sure. And, BTW, fetchmail is not the only choise you have. I use getmail, and am a satisfied user. Don't know about fetchmail, but Charles Cazabon, author of Getmail, is a very kind and responsive person, willing to help with all at least remotely related issues. Just my 2c. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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