Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:29:38 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.at>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help needed using a mail user agent (eg mutt) with pop3 services (eg Message-ID: <E14EXsA-0001Zt-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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> 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
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