Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 10:50:59 -0400 From: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> To: Nick Lozinsky <nl3481@wi.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to receive mail with mutt? Message-ID: <20020502105059.A28503@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <001c01c1f1e6$2d35fed0$145c1f41@bogart>; from nl3481@wi.rr.com on Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:32:20AM -0500 References: <001c01c1f1e6$2d35fed0$145c1f41@bogart>
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On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:32:20AM -0500, Nick Lozinsky wrote: > Hi, > > I've been bugging with this for a while, and still can't get it straight: > how do I get > mutt to receive mail directly to it? refreshing or checking the mailbox off > of my ISP's mail server every few minutes (5-10). I have installed mutt and Automatically, like via a timer? I don't think you can. That's what fetchmail is for. > can send and receive mail while on the same box and messaging the users on > the same box, but can't get my remote mail server's responses. > > I've tried to use fetchmail, and it does work, just doesn't stick it into > the mutt folder, wherever it is; Fetchmail uses your MTA to deliver mail. Check your MTA configuration. set spoolfile='/path/to/mailbox' (/var/mail/username by default.) Add that line to your .muttrc. > I have not tried using procmail, yet, as I > can't get the basic mail system to function. This isn't what procmail is for, anyway. > > Anyone, if you can clarify the steps of getting mutt to receive mail off of, > let's say, mai.me.com (a pretend ISP's mail server), I will appreciate it a > great deal. set pop_host="pop3.domain.com" set pop_user="username" set pop_pass="password" in .muttrc. Pressing 'G' within mutt will retrieve the mail. The usual caveats about putting passwords in textfiles apply. > > Thank you in advance. > > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "POKEY I WANT TO BUY AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CRIME FIGHTING ROBOT!!" - Little Girl from "REQUEST DENIED THEN GRANTED" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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