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Date:      Thu, 9 Oct 1997 19:08:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        Bob Boone <bboone@whro.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, bboone@virtualbob.com
Subject:   Re: CVS and Popper....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009190132.26721A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199710091458.KAA22108@helios.whro.org>

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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Bob Boone wrote:

> I want to update from 2.2 release (july) to -stable, and to add qpop so I
> can get my mail out of the server more easily,  SYSINSTALL has lots of ports
> -- but not the qpop 1.2.4 listed in the text of the website, nor Apache
> 1.2.4, nor any convenient way to get the CVS "port".  When I tried to access
> the CVS port thru the hyperlink in the 16.3.2.2 Installation text (handbook)
> I got DNS or directory errors.
> 
> Is this a temporary thing related to the code freeze, some other magic, or
> (dare I say) operator error ????
> 
> > > > > > Bob
> 
There's popclient in the ports collection, but also fetchmail, which
is supposed to be better.  For a pop server there's popper.  I've got
both popclient and popper installed and they both work.  popper installs
as qpopper or qpop and is probably what you're talking about.

Annelise




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