Subject: URGENT: Unix PINE and POP3 support

From: Benoit Matthys <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 06:24:45 -0800

Hello,

I am looking for a POP3 client for character-based Unix terminals. It
looks like PINE can help me, but I don't understand what is exactly
meant with the below remarks, from the PINE FAQ:

		Pine for Unix can be configured to access the message
INBOX on a POP3 server using the folder definition syntax
		        {pop3server/pop3}INBOX
		where pop3server is the hostname of the POP3 server. 

==>> However, this method accesses the POP server in quasi-online mode,
not in offline mode, which POP was designed for. ==>>Accessing the inbox
on a POP3 server with Pine does not preserve changes to message flags
(New, Answered, Deleted, etc.) between sessions. 

Does that simply mean that PINE requires a permanent TCP/IP connection,
or does it mean it will constantly poll the postoffice ?
Can you please provide some more details ?

thank you

Benoit Matthys
([email-masked])

Senior Consultant
Microsoft Belgium

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 00:41:57 +0100 (CET)

>Hello,

Yo!

  >(New, Answered, Deleted, etc.) between sessions.

Yeah, really, that's pure gibberish. Damn the bastards who put this on the
net!!! Listen up, you pine devvies! You *really* ought to incorporate a
POP-wizard... With videos, if possible, and Active-X.

  >Can you please provide some more details ?

POP3 client ... POP3client ... pop3client ... popclient (oi !)

  >Microsoft Belgium
   ^^^^^^^^^ 
   How about consulting the advanced email-troubleshooting wizard? "Cool"
   interactive videos included... *<:->
   
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