Subject: Re: Problems getting POP3 to run with UNIX Pine

From: [email-masked] (Ashok Aiyar)
Date: 29 Oct 1996 21:01:03 GMT

On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:09:17 GMT, John Hansen <[email-masked]> wrote:

>   I'm attempting to use Pine 3.91 under Linux to read mail on a 
>POP3 server.  I've used the recommended syntax:
>
>(oak.ait.fredonia.edu/pop3)INBOX
>

That syntax is incorrect.  The correct syntax is:
incoming-folders= INBOX {oak.ait.fredonia.edu/pop3}

Note that the brackets are very different.

Additionally, you should strongly consider using pine 3.92 or later
for pop3 mailbox access.  There bugs in the Pine 3.91 pop3 code.

later,
Ashok
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Ashok Aiyar, Ph.D.
Department of Oncology            email: [email-masked]
University of Wisconsin-Madison                  tel: (608) 262-6697