Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread dthayer
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have anacount on Netcom that I hav historically used as my primary > mail receipt/reading/sending place. The response over the net has > become pretty bad for interactive use, and the Netcom version of elm > doesn't understand MIME

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread George Bonser
us.com when online with a > static IP assigned --- ping 199.1.12.165 to see if I am online and check > IRC #Debian if I am) > > On 16 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding: > __ Re: POP mail questions __ > > > > > In you /etc/smail/config file append

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread gvl
static IP assigned --- ping 199.1.12.165 to see if I am online and check IRC #Debian if I am) On 16 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding: __ Re: POP mail questions __ > > In you /etc/smail/config file append together.net to your hostnames= line > thusly: >

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Would you or anyone know how I could implement a rule so that > smail (or whatever program handles this sort of thing) would rewrite > any outgoing messages to correct the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to become > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (together.net is of course

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread George Bonser
Concentric will not allow mail carrying a From: address outside its network and a To: address outside its network. SO if the mail was From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], CNC will refuse it as it looks suspiciously like a relay attempt. Also, the rules are different depending on wh

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread Mark W. Blunier
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, George Bonser wrote: > > > 3. Can the downlaoding tool also be used to uplaod mail to my Betcom > > > account? > > > > > No, but smtp will do that for you. > > Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This > is because if you have dynami

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread George Bonser
In you /etc/smail/config file append together.net to your hostnames= line thusly: hostnames=gologotha:whatever-else-you-have:together.net then add the following new config parameter: visible_name=together.net That should do it but the visible name must also appear in the hostnames line. >

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Alex Yukhimets
>What I get a problem is that some mail programs put my local machine's > hostname (golgotha) into the message header thus making the message appear > from/reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Of course, since that isn't in > anyone's DNS any messages replied to will bounce. > >Would you or anyo

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Randy Edwards
> 1.2 had popclient. I notice that dselect now shows this as obsolete and > fetchpop is shown on the dselect list. Just a minor correction Bob, as I've travelled over this same road that Stan is considering; the "fetch mail from a pop site" that 1.3 now has is called fetchmail. I've played

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Randy Edwards
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, George Bonser wrote: If you don't mind a related question George (and to anyone else who knows:-)... > Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This > is because if you have dynamic IP, your claimed hostname might not equal > your reverse DNS l

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Stan" == Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> What I would like to do is contimue to use my Netcom Stan> address, download my mail for local reading, and uplad Stan> outgoing mail such that it still show Netcom as the point of Stan> origin. Yes yes... uh huh

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > 2. If so what should I use for a POP clien? Remeber I want the mail > >to be downlaoded on demand and placed in my ocalk mail spool area. > > > 1.2 had popclient. I notice that dselect now shows this as obsolete and > fetchpop is shown on

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > 2. If so what should I use for a POP clien? Remeber I want the mail > to be downlaoded on demand and placed in my ocalk mail spool area. I think the answer that you want is what the others have replied. fetchmail, etc. However, the phrase

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread George Bonser
> > > 3. Can the downlaoding tool also be used to uplaod mail to my Betcom > >account? > > > No, but smtp will do that for you. Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This is because if you have dynamic IP, your claimed hostname might not equal your rev

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have anacount on Netcom that I hav historically used as my primary > mail receipt/reading/sending place. The response over the net has > become pretty bad for interactive use, and the Netcom version of elm > doesn't understand MIME

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Brown) writes: > 1. Is POP a good way to do this? Half of it anyway. To retrieve your mail, you probably want to use fetchmail. See "man fetchmail" for more info than you could probably want. For sending mail, you have a variety of options ranging in complexity, b

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > What I would like to do is contimue to use my Netcom address, download > my mail for local reading, and uplad outgoing mail such that it still > show Netcom as the point of origin. > > I have a couple of questions about this. > >