Thank you Rik, your advice helped, sort of. My server already has a POP server running, so I assumed I didn't need to reinstall one. My problem is mutt: I found the POP support part in the manual, and read about setting pop variables in the Muttrc file. I figured that since you have to compile in POP support in mutt that RedHat probably did not include that, so I downloaded mutt1.0.1i, compiled it w/ --enable-pop and installed. Renamed the old mutt and Muttrc files. Edited the new Muttrc file w/ my server's IP as pop_host. Checked mail - it appears to leave a copy like I wanted, *if* I do not delete the messages in mutt or move them to another folder when I exit it. At first I thought "success!", but no - mutt still indicates "/var/spool/mail/username" at the bottom of the screen, and upon further testing (changing pop info. in Muttrc to another account) it appears mutt is still not using POP. I know about putting a .muttrc in my home dir, I just wanted to try this w/ the existing Muttrc first. I assume that leaving undeleted messages on the server is a result of my having installed a newer version. Bottom line is, I think it's either ignoring the fact that I compiled in POP support, or it's ignoring the POP settings in Muttrc. Again, sorry if this is brain-dead obvious, but I'm kind of stumped for what to try next. TIA, Lori > 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 _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
