Matthew Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all. I seem to recall a way to make mutt check for new pop mail in the
>background, anyone know of it? Additionally, is it possible to make mutt check for
>new pop mail at regular intervals?
>
I recommend that you use fetchmail. To make mutt "do the work" I simply put
in the following macros:
macro index \Cf "!fetchmail -va\n" "grab pop3 mail verbosely"
macro index \Cd "!fetchmail -d 120\n" "grab pop3 mail as daemon"
macro index \Cq "!fetchmail -q\n" "kill fetchmail daemon"
R. Marc
