On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:30:43PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > > If I have to log into my school's server via telnet or ssh and then run a > > mail program like pine or mutt to access my mail, is there any way I can > > get this to work with fetchmail? I know the server does not run POP3 and > > I've tried fetchmailconf's Probe feature and it says IMAP doesn't work. > > The school server is running Solaris. > > Set up a ~/.forward file on the solaris machine. Format is documented > in aliases(1) if you have it. Make it forward all mail to your email > account @ your own machine, after you have ensured that your machine > will indeed receive mail correctly from the solaris machine and that it > knows not to start a mail loop if something unexpected happens (dns > out of the air for a few minutes, doublebounces, etc.).
How can I make it forward to my local machine if I'm on a dialup account? -- Andrew Overholt EngSci 0T3 Junior Bnad Leedur of the Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad ERTW
