From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 10 15:42:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA29843 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:42:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA29834 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:42:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA18028; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:43:26 -0800 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:43:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ron Steele cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where is my popclient mail In-Reply-To: <3142D7D2.167EB0E7@infi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Ron Steele wrote: > I have been trying to use popclient but it seems to be loosing my > mail. It appears to be downloading everything ok but I can't find > where it is putting the result. I have looked in all the obvious > places: /var/mail/.. and in the mail directory in $HOME. Is it > really losoing mail or have I lost it? If you're using popclient 2.21, then yes, it has been eating it. Try upgrading to the 3.0 series to get a stable version. If you want to stick to 2.21, have it redirect the messages to a folder, and read it with your favorite mail reader. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major