From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 13 12:41:12 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13917 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:41:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13911 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:41:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-208-147-148-93.dialup.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.93]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA12438; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:41:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA24214; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:41:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199902132041.OAA24214@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Donald R. Tyson" cc: trout2@advancenet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: fetchmail? In-reply-to: Message from "Donald R. Tyson" of "Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:26:45 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:41:04 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "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 ; 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