[plug] pine and pop

[Harry McNally]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:33:59 +0800 Simon Scott <sscott at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> HI all
> 
> Im setting up a quick account for my dad on my home box
> 
> I want him to use pine (easy as) but how do I set it up to retrieve mail from 
> a pop account?
> 
> I thought about using fetchmail but it wants sendmail or equivalent which is 
> overkill and difficult for him to setup for extra pop accounts.
> 
> Arent there any pop modules for pine?

Hi Simon

Have a look at Sylpheed. It has M$ LookOut look and feel and built-in in
fetchmail code and a GUI that makes extra pop account setup a breeze. The only
drawback presently is that the mail is stored in MH mail files instead of mbox.
You can import/export from/to mbox mail if he wants to change mail clients.

The mbox is being added at the mo' and other features too so it'll be mbox
"standard" eventually which will be a Good Thing.

cu
Harry

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