From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 17 06:22:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA05574 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 06:22:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu (cjm2@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.7.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA05562 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 06:22:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cjm2@localhost) by lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA08989; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:22:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:22:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christopher J. Michaels" To: James Earl cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Remote/Local Problem In-Reply-To: <323D9636.327C@lis.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does you're ISP have an IMAP or POP server & what software are you using to get your mail and news? On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, James Earl wrote: > I hope this question is appropriate... if not please set me straight. > > My internet connection is simply a dial-up dynamic PPP connection. I am > having troubles figuring our how to configure my local mail/news/etc. > programs so that they will read stuff from the host, not from my > computer. > > For example: mail... do I need to get my ISP to forward mail to my > computer upon connection or something? > > If I have overlooked information available online, please point me to it > so I can learn on my own. Thanks! > -Christopher Michaels Student Consultant:645-3542 *************************************************************************** * E-Mail: cjm2@acsu.buffalo.edu * * Homepage: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~cjm2 * ***************************************************************************