From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 1 14:33:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA27841 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:33:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([199.104.124.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA27836 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:33:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id PAA02150; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 15:34:41 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 15:34:41 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199701012234.PAA02150@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: Ian Wynne CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automating mail download In-Reply-To: <12087.852110615@time.cdrom.com> References: <12087.852110615@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ian Wynne queried: % I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.5R. I connect to the internet using user land % ppp. I've just setup qmail on my machine. Now I would like to % automatically download my mail from the solaris 2.5 machine I dial up. % The solaris machine is using smail and I don't have root privilege's % on it. Jordan K. Hubbard replied: > What you want is something like `popper' (in fact, maybe exactly that) > on the Solaris box which allows a mail client like MH or ELM running > on the FreeBSD box to suck mail off it. If you prefer to use a local mail agent on your freebsd system, you can get 'popclient' to download the mail from the server to your normal system mailbox. > I'm not up on all the vagaries of compiling popper for Solaris, but > that's the basic idea you want to chase. Most of the FreeBSD ported > mailers already support POP transfers, now you just need to make your > Solaris box play ball. If the solaris box is at an ISP, they most certainly already have a POP server installed. You can find out quickly with: $ telnet {solaris box here} 110 If you get connected and see something like: QPOP (version 2.2-b7) at solaris.box.com starting. <6376.852156497@solaris.box.com> You're ready to roll. Just type QUIT to exit from the pop server. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com