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Date:      Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:35:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        shegonee@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.com
Subject:   Re: popclient
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961204213420.7328K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961204095359.006722f4@popd.ix.netcom.com>

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On Wed, 4 Dec 1996 shegonee@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> I have installed popclient on my machine but without the -o option
> it can't seem to find a file to deposite mail into. The man pages
> for mail seems to indicate that the file popclient uses is
> /arspool/mail/$USERNAME. However, I cant verify this and I can't find any
> documentation on how to set up user mail accounts.
> Where can I get documentation on this?

Be careful!!  the 2.2 popclient will eat your mail if you run it with the
default options.  I believe it has been surpassed by 'fetchmail' which is
in the ports tree.

'man popclient' should give additional information.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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