[SLUG] mutt pop host error (was .)

[Phil Kershaw]

I agree with you on spamassassin Al. I've just installed it on my email
server and it works a treat. Easy to set up too

Phil



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Girling" <al21 at firenet.uk.com>
To: "Slug" <scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] mutt pop host error (was .)


> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:37:33PM +0000, ****Fintan**** wrote:
> > lol
> > sorry
> > managed to get kmail working
>
> Well done!
>
> [...]
>
> > can't get to collect mail from pop address i get the error pop host is
not
> > defined so anybody tell me where i am going wrong?
> >
> > fintan
>
> Hmm, hard to say as it depends on what you've done.  I'd hazard a guess
> and say you need to use 'fetchmail' or 'getmail' or something similar to
> retrieve your mail from your ISPs pop server.
>
> I use fetchmail myself, which is simple enough to set up.  It only
> requires a file .fetchmail containing:
>
> poll "your-isps-pop-server-address"
> protocol pop3
> username "your-username"
> password "your-password"
>
> You'd be well advised to use Procmail with this also, which will
> increase your mail sorting beyond the dreams of the average M$ user.  In
> which case include:
>
> mda "/path/to/procmail -d %s"
>
> Thats all I use!  You can add as many mail accounts to this as you like.
> I'm sure this can be set up to collect mail at regular intervals, but I
> call it from a simple bash script when I want my mail.
>
> I used the excellent Procmail tutorial by Nancy McGough to get started.
> Look at http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ to get started.
> You should consider SpamAssassin too.
>
>
> It's a lot to digest: I know, but by using these tools you'll have a
> mail system which can be tailored exactly to your needs.
>
> Mine's only a simple set up which could be fine tuned _a lot_.  You'll
> probably get there before I do! :)
>
> Toodle pip,
>
> Al
>
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