Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils? MJR
On 14 Mar 2004, at 16:37, mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils?
All I can think here is 'Mutt'. However, small..small as in compiled binary file or source? ;) I'm sorry, I just want to inject a little bit of humour right now since I am trying to recover fast for tomorrow's lovely computer meeting at work (Yes, students are moaning and they are annoying) C
On 2004-03-14 17:15:36 +0000 Craig <c@wizball.co.uk> wrote:
On 14 Mar 2004, at 16:37, mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils? All I can think here is 'Mutt'.
mutt always runs full-screen AFAIK and this is for a small screen and slow link, so I'd really rather not. pine isn't free software, so I'll not go there. I can telnet to POP3, but then I don't have a pager or reply editor, which I hoped for.
However, small..small as in compiled binary file or source? ;)
Bah, you're thinking like a programmer again: Small as in display, mainly. ;-)
trying to recover fast for tomorrow's lovely computer meeting at work (Yes, students are moaning and they are annoying)
Sing it, bro'. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:12:29PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-14 17:15:36 +0000 Craig <c@wizball.co.uk> wrote:
On 14 Mar 2004, at 16:37, mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils? All I can think here is 'Mutt'.
mutt always runs full-screen AFAIK and this is for a small screen and slow link, so I'd really rather not. pine isn't free software, so I'll not go there. I can telnet to POP3, but then I don't have a pager or reply editor, which I hoped for.
However, small..small as in compiled binary file or source? ;)
Bah, you're thinking like a programmer again: Small as in display, mainly. ;-)
But is that an X display or a console window? If the latter then *any* MUA is going to be "full screen" isn't it? Or do you want a mail, Mail, mailx type of conversational interface that just scrolls down the window. Don't most distributions still ship with Mail or mailx still? -- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
On 2004-03-15 08:41:44 +0000 Chris Green <chris@areti.co.uk> wrote:
Bah, you're thinking like a programmer again: Small as in display, mainly. ;-) But is that an X display or a console window?
Sort of console.
If the latter then *any* MUA is going to be "full screen" isn't it? Or do you want a mail, Mail, mailx type of conversational interface that just scrolls down the window.
Yes, mailx-like was my first thought, as I wrote in my first message. Mail store is over POP/IMAP though.
Don't most distributions still ship with Mail or mailx still?
So, it looks like I have to use mailsync or similar. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:26:17AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-15 08:41:44 +0000 Chris Green <chris@areti.co.uk> wrote:
Bah, you're thinking like a programmer again: Small as in display, mainly. ;-) But is that an X display or a console window?
Sort of console.
Is this for a specific device? or are you just trying to be extra awkward :P Adam -- jabberid = quinophex@jabber.earth.li AFFS || http://www.affs.org.uk/ || Not a filesystem
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:26:17AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-15 08:41:44 +0000 Chris Green <chris@areti.co.uk> wrote:
Bah, you're thinking like a programmer again: Small as in display, mainly. ;-) But is that an X display or a console window?
Sort of console.
If the latter then *any* MUA is going to be "full screen" isn't it? Or do you want a mail, Mail, mailx type of conversational interface that just scrolls down the window.
Yes, mailx-like was my first thought, as I wrote in my first message. Mail store is over POP/IMAP though.
Don't most distributions still ship with Mail or mailx still?
So, it looks like I have to use mailsync or similar.
Can't you just use fetchmail to get the mail and one of the many 'simple' SMTP servers to send mail to your ISP. Then you can use mailx/Mail. -- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
On 2004-03-15 11:24:38 +0000 Chris Green <chris@areti.co.uk> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:26:17AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
So, it looks like I have to use mailsync or similar. Can't you just use fetchmail to get the mail and one of the many 'simple' SMTP servers to send mail to your ISP. Then you can use mailx/Mail.
Yes, mailsync is better than fetchmail for this. I wondered if there was a better way, but apparently not. Thanks all.
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:37:58PM +0000, mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils?
You can always use mutt, many distributions have it, it's a vry apable command line MUA. It has basic POP3 facilities and excellent IMAP ones. -- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Are there programs like "mail" for reading over POP3, APOP or IMAP; or should I use mailsync or similar and use GNU mailutils?
Recent-ish versions of pine will read over POP3, and any version I've seen will read over IMAP. I'm not sure about the "small," though: 3.5MB source code archive, producing 3.3MB of binaries, on my machine. Telnetting to a POP3 server on port 110 will also give you the ability to read mail, in an environment that's (at least superficially) similar to "mail" for local mailboxes. <http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/useful/pop3.php> gives a list of commands for telnet sessions to POP3 servers. -- HTH Dan Hatton <http://www.bib.hatton.btinternet.co.uk/dan/>
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