Joerg Ott wrote:
> Hi, > how can I check if new mail has arrived on a pop server WITHOUT logging > in? Netscape does smth like this, checks for new mail every n minutes and > does not require a password before you actually download the mail. I want > to do this directly from a linux terminal. Any ideas? > > --Joerg > > (Please send me a Cc - I'm not on the list.) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Try out fetchmail -c It only returns the amount of unread messages on the server, without downloading them. See the fetchmail manpage.. Hope it helps. Jack :)
