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Re: [Linux] How to get mail with pine

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Aug 04, 2001
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On Saturday 04 August 2001 09:26, sephiroth _ wrote:
>
> pine can't help you there. you have to read up on one of those mail
> protocols(POP3, SMTP? i forget) and do it yourself
>
> David Mosley wrote:
> > Hi all
> > I have the Slack Zip 8.0 version of linux and whated to know if any one
> > knows how to get the mail from my server.I am using PINE as the mail
> > reader
> > also I am in text mode only no X Thanks for the help.

Pine is a mail reader, but not a downloader.  Most distributions come with 
fetchmail, which can download mail from your ISP's mail server. 
Try typing fetchmail -ppop3 mail.yourserver.com -udmosley
(the  -p is protocol, the -u is user.)
Fetchmail will ask you for your password, and download the messages,
provided you are already dialed up and connected to your ISP.

Regards,
Irv