On Dec 23, 1998, Subba Rao wrote:
I have subscriptions to different mailing lists. I want to download all the mail from the POP server to the Linux system and forward the specific mailing lists to different hosts.
Do I need to setup my own POP server, for my local LAN? What is the best way to manage mail from mailing lists?
I do exactly that using fetchmail to download my mail from my ISP's POP3 server. Fetchmail passes each d/l'd message to procmail, which sorts the messages into different folders based on an egrep of the From header. My MUA is Mutt, but fetchmail/procmail will do what you want. No need for a POP server. I use the versions of fetchmail and procmail that came with my SuSE 5.2. Both have enough documentation to allow even a newbie to get them configured for simple stuff like this. HTH, Howard Arons -- Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33 Communications by Mutt 0.93.2 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>