From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 5 13:49:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02192 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from milkyway.org (lta-r-1.usit.net [205.241.194.17] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02161 for ; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:49:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toby@milkyway.org) Received: from milkyway.org (rigel.milkyway.org [205.241.194.19]) by milkyway.org (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA09371; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 14:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <359FD02B.4E0BDB3A@milkyway.org> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 15:12:43 -0400 From: Toby Swanson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: do I need a POP server for this? References: <199807050523.RAA27852@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Dan Langille wrote: > . . . I'd like to set my freebsd box up so that I can read the mail which fbsd generates > (the logs etc). . . . But which one would you recommend given what I wish to do? If you want to read FreeBSD mail from your NT box(es), you could just telnet to the FreeBSD box and use a mail reader. To use a reader on an NT box you would need to install a "post office". I use qpopper. I believe the Makefile is included with FreeBSD, but not the source code. If your FreeBSD box is connected to the internet the make process will retrieve what it needs from Qualcomm's server. I have "cd to /ports/mail/popper" then "cp -rp * /usr/popper and run make there" in my notes. I seem to remember just running make while in the /ports/mail/popper directory tries to install qpopper on the CD, which fails obviously. The README file explains how to modify your system to get the pop3 server running. Tell us how it goes. Toby To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message