Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-11 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Andre Berger wrote: > My point was not to bother about users's mail as root at all. Users's > mail is fetched on dial-up if... > > > > if [ -f /home/$i/.fetchmailrc ] && \ > > >[ -f /home/$i/email-addresses ]; then > > > > > > > su -c "fetchmail -d 900" $

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-11 Thread Andre Berger
* Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-11 09:01 +0200: > Andre Berger wrote: > > * Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-10 02:36 +0200: > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > > > if [ -f /etc/fetchmail-users ]; then > > > for user in `grep -v '^#' /etc/fetchmail-users`; do > > >

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-10 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:04:00AM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Anyway, you better check the code before running it, as it is off the > top of my head and I'm in a condition right now, where I wouldn't want > to drive a car, for example. > Cool, you can code when drunk :) Why do some people g

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-10 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > [... in ip-up ...] > > if [ -f ~$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then This won't work, as I've just found out. The bash man page states that parameter expansion is performed after tilde expansion and obviously $user is not a valid login name (at least not for our

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-10 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Andre Berger wrote: > > * Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-10 02:36 +0200: > > Hi Cameron, > > > > I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user > > system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different > > way. > > > > Create an /etc/fetchmai

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-10 Thread Andre Berger
* Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-10 02:36 +0200: > Hi Cameron, > > I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user > system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different > way. > > Create an /etc/fetchmail-users file with all the users that

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread V.Suresh
Mutt does download from pop3 servers. Enter the necessary facts in your .muttrc, and just press G. RTFM, you are sure to find it there. Once upon a time, Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed: >Hey, > >I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchm

Re: [users] Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread MaD dUCK
> I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running > 'fetchmail ; mutt'. This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd > rather be able to get my mail and read it with one command. Is > their a way to download mail, while in mutt? well, if you have a shell account and procmail capabili

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi Cameron, I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different way. Create an /etc/fetchmail-users file with all the users that want to run fetchmail ---8< snip >8--- # users that get mail by fetchmail use

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Viktor Lakics
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:58:19PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 600 for 10 minutes and add the line to your .xsession profile (name > depends > > on what window manager you use, mines xdm). > the correct way is to put a script > in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ directory which would be activated as s

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Kent West
Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; mutt'. This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail and read it with one command. Is their a way to download mail, while in mutt? Thanks, Cameron Matheson Ju

RE: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 600 for 10 minutes and add the line to your .xsession profile (name depends > on what window manager you use, mines xdm). xdm is not a window manager and i do not think your way is the right one. in fact if you put fetchmail -d in .xsession the daemon will keep on every ten minutes to try to fet

RE: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Wayne Brown
From: Cameron Matheson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 May 2001 14:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How the average guy gets mail... Hey, I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; mutt'. This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rathe

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread garyjones
Am Wed, 09 May 2001 schrieb Cameron Matheson: > I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; > mutt'. > This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail > and read it with one command. Is their a way to download mail, while in > mutt? Ideal

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread ahall
Hello, Run fetchmail in daemon mode like: fetchmail -d 900 This will check for mail every 15 minutes. Just run mutt to read your mail whenever you want. Andrew On Wed, 9 May 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; >

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread mdevin
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 07:18:01AM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; > mutt'. > This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail > and read it with one command. Is their a way to download

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; mutt'. > This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail > and read it with one command. Is their a way to download mail, while in > mutt? maybe i misunderstand your question, but when i connect

Re: How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 07:18:01AM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; > mutt'. > This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail > and read it with one command. Is their a way to download

How the average guy gets mail...

2001-05-09 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I've been using mail for the past month (or two), by running 'fetchmail ; mutt'. This is a *little* bit annoying, because I'd rather be able to get my mail and read it with one command. Is their a way to download mail, while in mutt? Thanks, Cameron Matheson __