-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/07 17:53, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim > on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that > my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the server to mutt. > For example, if I check my email via the webmail webpage without > starting fetchmail, I can see that I have messages waiting. If I then > start fetchmail and refresh the webpage I see that the messages have > been removed from the server. However, the messages don't appear in > mutt for several minutes. Even if I restart fetchmail when I know > there are messages waiting for me, it may still take 10 or 15 minutes > before they actually show up in mutt. Where are the messages after > they get pulled from the server and before they show up on my laptop?
/var/log/mail.log should tell you what's happening. > My other question is how do you handle roaming about with a laptop and > accessing a pop account? I have no problem getting messages into mutt, > other than mentioned above. But I can't send mail via mutt without > changing my outgoing mail server, which is awkward if I'm at an > internet cafe or somewhere else where I don't know the proper server > address. When I first started using mutt this was a real hassle, since > there was no warning that my emails weren't being delivered - > mutt just behaved normally, despite my messages not getting sent to > the outgoing mail server. I can still use the webpage interface, but > then I don't have access to mutt's address aliases, and I can't use > emacs to write the emails. Is there an easier way to send mail via a > pop account from a laptop? IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) exists for this very purpose. All email stays on a central server, and your MUA transfers *copies* of the mail down to the local system. IMAP has sub-folders (including Draft, Sent & Trash), etc. fastmail.fm does exactly what you want in regard to being able to remotely send email thru your "regular" smtp server. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGoUzVS9HxQb37XmcRAjPSAKDYCeeXFB4jL2GkURZuXS56pKLGhwCg4pvj p6+ikzdhmZg25t4pE5r9pNI= =Q10e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
