Subject: PINE & POP3

From: [email-masked] (Paolo Mattioli)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 07:00:55 GMT

Hi,
my name is Paolo Mattioli and I would like to know if Pine (Unix -
Irix 5.3 Version) could be configured to access a POP3 Server without
using sendmail. In other words I would like to delete sendmail
program, cause of security, and to receive e-mail messages from a POP3
server.

                                        Thanks for your suggestions,
                                                Paolo Mattioli
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From: Nathan Richards <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:53:26 -0400

> program, cause of security, and to receive e-mail messages from a POP3

If you're using Pine 3.91 and above.
Setup, Config, inbox-path, Change, change it to {server.goes.here/pop3}inbox

Nathan

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:32:02 -0700 (PDT)

That takes care of *accessing* mail... note that either a local sendmail
or a remote SMTP server is still needed for *sending* mail.

-teg

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From: Nathan Richards <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 18:40:22 -0400 (EDT)

> or a remote SMTP server is still needed for *sending* mail.

For an SMTP server, try mx1.cac.washington.edu.

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 15:50:46 -0700 (PDT)

Please don't.

-teg

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From: Nathan Richards <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 19:01:52 -0400 (EDT)

> Please don't.
I was just telling you in case you didn't know.

Sheesh.

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:24:27 -0700 (PDT)

> I was just telling you in case you didn't know.

Nathan,
Sorry; it wasn't immediately obvious that you had confused me with the
person who needed help.  (I know what my smtp server address should be,
and I wasn't the person who posted the original query, so I assumed your
intent was to suggest to the original inquirer that they should use one of
our smtp servers.)

-teg

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 07:27:01 +0800 (GMT)

> I was just telling you in case you didn't know.

	The original question concerning POP3 came from  Paolo Mattioli
<[email-masked]>.  You'll notice that Paolo is writing from Italy.
Even if  mx1.cac.washington.edu was willing to act as the SMTP host
for the world it would not be purdent for an individual in Italy to
point to a host on the west coast of the USA as their SMTP host.

	But Terry is 1000% correct.  Please don't point to
mx1.cac.washington.edu as your SMTP host *or* any other host outside of
your domain without the express written consent of the postmaster for
that site.  To do so may put a strain on that orgainization's facilities
and is certainly in bad form.  In addition, it may result in some unexpect
and undesireable results.  For example, if you supply underqualified
addresses it is standard practice for a site to tack-on their local
domain part.  So, if Paolo were to send a message to the person down
the hall as antony@tecno but pointed to ibm.com as the SMTP host then
it is more than likely that ibm.com will try to deliver to
[email-masked].  See the problem?

	Regards,

		Ed
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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:41:09 +0800 (GMT)

> intent was to suggest to the original inquirer that they should use one of

	OOOPPSS.....same goes for me.  Sorry Nathan....

	Ed