On Mon, November 10, 2014 4:24 am, Russell Harris wrote: > On Sun, November 9, 2014 11:36 pm, DaleKelly wrote: > >> On 11/10/2014 12:20 AM, Francesco Ariis wrote: >> >> >>> On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 11:54:19PM -0500, DaleKelly wrote: >>> I use getmail [1] to obtain what you wrote above. Sample pop3 >>> configuration for getmail just in case you are interested: >> >> thanks, I'll archive this in case I can't get the POP in mutt to work, >> especially want to leave a copy of the messages on the server > > That is the function of the "delete" command; simply specify > "delete=false". > > > Getmail is a marvelous package which provides excellent control, such as > limiting the number of messages downloaded in a single session. And > getmail can log each transaction (which is to say, each message > downloaded). Also, getmail can pass downloaded messages to maildrop for > sorting.
An additional consideration: Strive for both simplicity and reliability, and consider the difficulty of diagnostic and future expansion of functionality. And do not make the mistake of equating simplicity with a minimal number of packages. >From the standpoint of ease of maintenance and diagnostics, a collection of single-function tools often is a better solution than is a single multi-function tool; this is true of the combination of getmail and Mutt, as opposed to Mutt configured to fetch messages from a POP3 server. And the use of maildrop to categorize messages into different directories is a great time-saver, because Mutt can open only the directories (such as "mutt-users") in which you are interested at the moment, eliminating the necessity of looking at every incoming message each time you stop to check mail. RLH
