Mutt gets mail when you ask it to by pressing G (that's capital G). The standard debian mutt package has pop support compiled in -- at least it does under potato. ssmtp doesn't have anything to do with getting your mail; it handles your outgoing mail.
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:46:04AM +0200, Schoppitsch Dieter wrote: > Hi, thanks for all useful hints (I got new hope). > > What I did: > * installed ssmtp and mutt > * customized /etc/muttrc like Clayton told > * dialled in with pppd (www-browser worked) > * started mutt with: mutt -F /etc/muttrc > * --- no mails downloaded from ISP-POP - no messages from mutt --- ? > > BTW: > * What did I wrong? > * My local Emailaddress is [EMAIL PROTECTED] - the Address the ISP knows is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - do I have to make a "pipe" (like in fetchmail)? > * How do I "tell" mutt to communicate with the ISP-account) > (invoke the fetchmail function)? > * Is the "standard" mutt (debian package) not compiled with POP3-support? > * Is ssmtp to weak to support mutt this way? > > Thanks > Dieter > > > Von: Clayton Carter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If the ISP supports POP email, mutt can be used without > > fetchmail. The relevant configuration variables (for your muttrc) > > are: > > > > set pop_user = > > set pop_pass = > > set pop_host = > > unset pop_delete > > unset pop_last > > set pop_port = 110 > > > > Documentation on those is can be found at: > > > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-6.html#ss6.3 > > > >
