Subject: newsgroup wacky workaround (Was: New mail not detected in POP3)mailbox

From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:52:56 +0000 (GMT)

On 12 Jan 2001, Terry Gray ([email-masked]) wrote:
> One wacky workaround that, while inelegant, avoids having to restart pine
> and re-enter password:
>
>  set inbox-path to a dummy local file
>  add the real POP ISP to incoming folders list
>  when Pine starts, from the (empty) dummy inbox, tab to the "real" inbox
>  To check for new mail: Goto <RETURN>, then TAB again to re-open actual
>     POP inbox

Hey, I like this wacky workaround! You can also do this with a
newsgroup that you read regularly, e.g.:

 {news.server/nntp}#news.comp.mail.pine,

Since newsgroups are like POP inboxes in that you need to reopen
them to find out if there are any new msgs.

Thanks Teg!
^X,
Nancy

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From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:11:26 -0500 (EST)

this all should be added to the inadequate FAQ:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/usage.html#5.5

also an FAQ for the "newsgroup wacky workaround" as nancy calls it.

aaron

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From: Eduardo Chappa <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:18:39 -0800 (PST)

*** Nance McGough ([email-masked]) wrote in the...:

:) Hey, I like this wacky workaround! You can also do this with a
:) newsgroup that you read regularly, e.g.:
:) 
:)  {news.server/nntp}#news.comp.mail.pine,
:) 
:) Since newsgroups are like POP inboxes in that you need to reopen
:) them to find out if there are any new msgs.

All of these are very old workarounds, why so much excitement about them?
Also, I see no reason to put a newsgroup as an incoming folder other than
pushing tab to go to it, why would someone want to do this other than this
reason?. Maybe someone can explain to me what the advantage of this is.

  Sorry, my mind is too logical to understand this excitement.

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