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Date:      Fri, 11 Feb 2000 22:26:46 -0500
From:      Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>
To:        Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
Cc:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't receive mail with pine
Message-ID:  <38A4D2F6.9B332506@confusion.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002112010170.59965-100000@genisis.istar.ca>

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Dru wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
> > I can send messages with pine via smtp, but there is no place in the
> > config file for setting up a pop server that I can find, and I have gone
> > through the documentation.
> 
> Actually, pine is a tool for reading, sending, and managing email.  If you
> want a POP3 client, you'll need something like fetchmail or wmpop. 

Last I checked you could read IMAP and POP3 mail from pine.  Am I
misreading you or am I just plain wrong?

>If
> you want a POP3 server, try cucipop, cyrus, imap, or qpopper. All of which
> are in the ports collection under mail.
> 
> Dru
> 
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Windows 98: n.
        useless extension to a minor patch release for 
        32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 
        16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system 
        originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, 
        written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
        1 bit of competition.
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