Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:41:04 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: "Donald R. Tyson" <tyson@alumni.stanford.org> Cc: trout2@advancenet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetchmail? Message-ID: <199902132041.OAA24214@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Donald R. Tyson" <tyson@alumni.stanford.org> of "Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:26:45 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990213152154.7579A-100000@homebase.bellatlantic.net>
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"Donald R. Tyson" writes: > Fetchmail knows where to put your mail (usually /var/spool) and Pine knows > where to find it. All you need to put in .fetchmailrc is poll > whereveryougetyourmail protocol pop3 (assuming your isp uses pop3, > that is) username userpassword, then chmod 0600, and off you go. > Unless you tell Pine otherwise, it will create a mail > directory -e.g., /home/user/mail and put new stuff in the INBOX Pine will > automatically create. HTH Don Tyson I differ. Don't believe fetchmail knows anything about where to put your mail. Believe it makes a connection to port 25 (the SMTP port) and delivers your mail to whatever answers there. This is a sample of the headers inserted: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA19006 for <dkelly@localhost>; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:37:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-4.7.0) for dkelly@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 13 Feb 1999 20:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA13510; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:35:16 -0600 (CST) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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