On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:58:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: > > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail > > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using > > fetchmail+exim/procmail is that you can switch mailers all you want > > and are not dependent on a given mailer's POP/IMAP and filter/sort > > capabilities. All they need is the ability to read a local folder. > > yes, but you also need to learn a lot more software. while mutt > already has quite a learning curve, fetchmail may be easy, exim > moderate, but procmail (especially the debugging) can be quite a drag. > easier if you can just rely on mutt...
try : $prompt> less /usr/doc/procmail/QuickStart Worked for me. Up and running in 5 minutes.