Subject: Pine and Fetchmail

From: David Lucchetti <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:30:54 +0200

Hi Everybody;

my problem is quite simple  but very difficult to solve!

I WANT to use Pine (I have 3.96 on my machine) but my system (I am not
the superuser) is configurated to access the mail using Netscape.

In this way I can read the mail using Pine but I have to get the msgs
previously using Netscape since Pine can't work as Pop (or better it can

but in the way I don't like).
I don't have  (and I can't ,since  I'm not the superuser) installed
sendmail on my system but I have fetchmail.

I have tried to use it but without success because it leaves the msgs on

the server but I can't access it!

In a sentence; can I use Pine without passing through Netscape having
Fetchmail

Thanks.

            David

Subject: Pine and Fetchmail
From: David Lucchetti <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:32:13 +0200

Hi Everybody;

my problem is quite simple  but very difficult to solve!

I WANT to use Pine (I have 3.96 on my machine) but my system (I am not
the superuser) is configurated to access the mail using Netscape.

In this way I can read the mail using Pine but I have to get the msgs
previously using Netscape since Pine can't work as Pop (or better it can
but in the way I don't like).
I don't have  (and I can't ,since  I'm not the superuser) installed
sendmail on my system but I have fetchmail.

I have tried to use it but without success because it leaves the msgs on
the server but I can't access it!

In a sentence; can I use Pine without passing through Netscape having
Fetchmail

Thanks.

            David

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From: Satya <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:29:22 +0530 (IST)

> the superuser) is configurated to access the mail using Netscape.
[snip]
> In a sentence; can I use Pine without passing through Netscape having

Summary:
You have: fetchmail, netscape, pine (3.96)
You don't have: sendmail, root access.
You want: forget netscape, let pine read the system mailbox.

fetchmail delivers to sendmail, I don't know if you can get it to put
messages directly in your system mailbox (you know,
/usr/spool/mail/$USER).

So how does netscape get your mail? If you already have a system mailbox
from which netscape gets mail, point pine at it. Else you could create a
new pine folder that actually points to the file which netscape is using.
You'll probably lose INBOX functions that way.

What OS?

Talk to your superuser. Ask him/her to set it up for you.

-- 
Satya.
http://satyaonline.cjb.net/