On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 04:50:35 -0600,
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 04:37, Andre Kalus wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:33:30 +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:28:26PM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 02:39:43AM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > >> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 01:14:38AM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > >> > > It is beyond my capability (but only slightly, I feel, and it
> > >should> > > be very easy for lots of people here) to produce a sort
> > >of> > > interactive fetchmail that reads the headers of each
> > >message on the> > > server, presents them to you and asks if you
> > >want to fetch the> > > message or delete it. This is what I would
> > >like to have.> >
> > >> > ...like pop3browser?
> > >>
> > >> That looks useful - when I can get it working :( - and decently
> > >small.
> > >
> > > ...it's dead easy; what problem are you having?
> >
> > It is very simple - you do not need any config. I just installed
> > mutt(from unstable). Then I call:
> >
> > mutt -f pop://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
..or: mutt -f pop://xxxxxxx:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on high latency
wiring...
> > where xxxxxxx is my customer number from GMX (you can use both
> > e-Mail address and customer number as login but I guess E-mail won't
> > work because it has an @ inside). pop.gmx.net is your providers pop
> > server.
> >
> > Then you are asked for your password and see the contents of your
> > mailbox. Use arrow keys to move up and down, press D to delete a
> > message. Q exits mutt, it asks you to delete the marked ("D")
> > messages. Just press enter and you are done.
> >
> > I do have a dial-up connection too, so this is my way to get rid of
> > SWEN...
>
> For a high-volume account, this seems *so* tedious. fetchmail,
> exim|postfix, SpamAssassin, and any one of the automated swen
> zappers is much more efficient.
..sure, but it sure beats web interfaces when in a pinch.
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