On Saturday 11 May 2002 06:51, Maryse wrote: > > It starts up OK but when I try to download my mail, it keeps saying it > cannot open my mail box.
double checking it looks like kmail ( at least the version I have, 1.2) only supports local mail and pop3. Looks like Mozilla supports imap and pop ( doesn't say whether it's 2 or 3 ). > I tried to ask my IP if there is some config I > missed ( although by now I must have tried all permutations) but they were > useless. unfortunately most ISPs don't support Linux. I'll bet that you Windoze mail client also just says pop without specifying 2 or 3. What I once knew about the pop protocol I've long since forgotten. If you feel like digging a little deeper to find out what's going wrong you could try using fetchmail. It's a command line tool with several options that could help diagnose what's going wrong. There is info at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-man.html about it. I would guess something like fetchmail -check -verbose -protocol AUTO -u <your email username> <mail server> would tell you everything, and more, that you want to know. It's been awhile since I last used fetchmail, so I may be forgetting something. If fetchmail works, you also have the option of retrieving your mail using it and then using a mail client of your choice to read if from you local system. This is what I used to use fetchmail for. (Then I set up my own domain and mail server, but that's more than most people need or want to do) I could probably help you get this going, but it should be taken off list. Hope this has helped some. ~Rob -- Rob Saul.:|:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:|:.de recta non tolerandum sunt _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
