[PLUG] Re: Mail setup questions

[jbeck@jbwd.net]

> > Maybe this will help. I just configured Pine to send mail. (It can't recieve 
> > yet.) 
> >
> > I just went into Setup/Config and changed two lines.
> > user-domain = paul@dpagin.net
> > smtp-server = smtp.rcn.com

Sounds good.  That works for me! 

> If you use fetchmail, then you can try other mail readers with
> less trouble.  

Do you mean try something other than pine?  Based on the above, Pine seems 
pretty simple.  If other mail readers are simple, can you give their names, 
and maybe an example of how you get configure it (similiar to the Pine 
example above)... 

> My ~/.fetchmailrc file looks roughly like :
> defaults
>         user lopp 
>
> poll pop.fuse.net proto POP3:
>         fetchall smtpaddress localhost
>         password <SNIP>;
>  
> poll mail.earthlink.net proto POP3:
>         fetchall smtpaddress localhost
>         password <SNIP>; 
>
> set daemon 300 
>
>
> I use the defaults section because my username on both
> mailservers is lopp (lopp@fuse.net and lopp@earthlink.net)
> Everything between "poll" and ";" relates to a given mailserver.
> The syntax is "poll <mailserver name> proto <protocol used>:"
> The protocol can be POP3, IMAP, AUTO or several others listed in
> the man page, but this is determined by the server. Next,
> "fetchall" means that it will get all mail on the server and
> delete it from the server.  The "smtpaddress localhost" means
> that the fetched mail is forwarded to localhost, ie my local
> MDA (sendmail in my case).  The mail will now be directed to
> greg@localhost, since I am running fetchmail as user "greg".  The
> value after "password" is removed for obvious reasons.  The last
> line means that the first time that I type "fetchmail", it will
> launch into daemon mode, automatically checking for mail every
> 300 seconds.  Typing "fetchmail" anytime thereafter will signal
> fetchmail to check for email immediately.  "fetchmail --quit"
> would stop all this.  "fetchmail --daemon 0" would override the
> daemon mode thing and only check email once - usefull for
> checking your configuration. 

Ok, here is where I start to get lost.  Is fetchmail something that is by 
default installed, say with my default RH7.1 workstation installation?  If 
so, cool - if not, what is the best way to install it?  Next, is that all 
that you have to do to configure fetchmail (I mean is editing the 
.fetchmailrc file to contain what you have above it)?  How do I make 
fetchmail "run" all the time?  I would want it to start checking for mail 
automatically everytime I boot up the computer...  Final question (for now 
:-) - Once fetchmail retrieves my mail off my pop3 server, how does it know 
what email client I am going to use to read it with?  I mean, can I use the 
above fetchmailrc file, and be able to use Pine, so that once I start Pine, 
my new email shows up there? 

Sorry if these questions are very basic, I have just had so much trouble 
grasping this whole thing, and I finally feel like I am getting somewhere! 

Thanks again, 

John

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