From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 5 6:29:42 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 06:29:40 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DFFB37B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 06:29:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 14EXsA-0001Zt-00; Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:29:38 +0000 To: Andreas Ntaflos , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Re: help needed using a mail user agent (eg mutt) with pop3 services (eg Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:29:38 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.24.58 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > ok, this is a newbie-like, flame-worth question, but I didn't quite > figure out how to configure a simple text based MAU to work with pop3 > mail, you know, the kind of mail account you have at your ISP or GMX > (www.gmx.net) and the like. > > what do I need to do? do I have to configure and use popper or > popclient, or do I have to set up sendmail in order to accomplish such a > task? and if so, how do I do this? > > I don't want to use netscape messenger all the time, because I don't > like the way it works, and it's kinda buggy too (sometimes the whole > netscape-communicator exits suddelny on signal 10 according to the log > when I type in the password to check for new mail). > > I looked in The Complete FreeBSD, but it did not enlighten me. > > any bit of information is welcome, or a pointer to information Sendmail cannot deal directly with POP3, it is an SMTP service. Look into fetchmail. It is well documented and easy to configure. Cliff > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message