#if Lori > I would like to keep using KMail to store my mail and to check it whenever > possible, but I want to learn to use a text-based client such as mutt or pine > so that I can ssh into the server when I am away ( I commute to a university > where the only access is a roaming profile on crappy windoze 95 boxes. ) So > far so good, I can already do this, but can I get those messages into my own > box later? Ask your sysadmin to install a POP server or install one yourself. If you install your own, it'll have to run in userspace, but that's not a problem. There are POP clients designed to run as a 'normal' user. See freshmeat for a selection. > This may sound like a stupid thing to want to do, but > is there any way to have it leave a copy of mail on the server (or I > guess, the spool, since it already is being checked from the same machine) > so I can download it later into KMail? Yes, nearly every POP client (be it a standalone util like fetchmail or a 'Mail User Agent' like pine, mutt etc) allows you to set an option to leave your mail on the remote server. > I'd really appreciate any opinions or advice on this, but hopefully w/out > starting a text-based client holy war ;) MUTT ! *duck* ;) Rik _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
