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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:45:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Christopher T. Griffiths" <cgriffiths@quansoo.com>
To: Mik Thwaite <mik.thwaite@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: setting up mail/sendmail
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Try using fetchmail in the ports


/usr/ports/mail/fetchmail


Can be configured to "fetch" pop2,pop3,imap,etc.  

Then you can use mh , pine, or any number of readers to access you mail on
your freebsd machine.

Or you can always just use Netscape communicator and use that mail reader
included (Heaven forbid I said this option,  never mind :) )


Chris


On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Mik Thwaite wrote:

> I'm trying to send e-mail from my FreeBSD box. I've looked at the man pages
> and through the help files for sendmail.
> 
> I'm now very confused.
> 
> I can dial in using ppp to my isp and ping my pop server and my smtp server
> but have no idea what the next step to get my e-mail from the account onto
> my machine is.
> 
> If anyone can offer a quick guide to how to get and send e-mail over the web
> then I'd be very greatful.
> 
> I don't have static IP address from my ISP either, is this a major problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mik
> 
> 
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