Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:04:35 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: Ben Washington-Yule <benwy_01@yahoo.com.au>, albi <albi@scii.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Text-based mail program which handles webmail. Message-ID: <20041017140435.GA37640@werd> In-Reply-To: <33401.62.194.19.87.1098009194.squirrel@62.194.19.87> References: <41724303.5060707@yahoo.com.au> <200410171207.13475.h@erathia.be> <41724797.9060509@yahoo.com.au> <33401.62.194.19.87.1098009194.squirrel@62.194.19.87>
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On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:33:14PM +0200, albi wrote: > > You have mentioned quite a few terms that I am unfamiliar with > > (fetchmail, remote, ssh). I have started reading the mail section of > > the > handbook at the moment but I would like to know if there are any other > resources I should be looking at regarding mail? > > i recommend using fetchyahoo for reading your yahoo-mail on your own > machine (http://www.freshports.org/mail/fetchyahoo/), you can even > choose a https-transfer with it afair Then install mutt > (/usr/ports/mail/mutt) and make yourself a good ~/.muttrc Take a look > at http://www.mutt.org, there's loads of help and examples for mutt > there If Yahoo supports POP3 then all you need is Mutt, which has the ability to retrieve mail from a remote server. Also, have a look at this page: http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/ -Radek
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