tabanna
any there any 'plus points'/benefits, for a stand-alone PC using fetchmail, rather than pop3 ?
It depends on which client(s) you use. If you always use the same client, and it is able to collect mail from a POP3 server, and you intend to keep using that same client till the end of eternity, you could just as well do without fetchmail. However, since most of these clients store the incoming mail in their own format, which cannot be read by other clients, you will most often have the choice between staying with that client or losing your old mail. If the client you are using now can access IMAP accounts, it can be a better solution to use fetchmail to collect the mail from your ISP and then have the client acces the mail through IMAP. I think Netscape can do this, and I know that Pine can. This means that you can read your mail in Pine if you (for whatever reason) don't want to run X right now and read it in Netscape Messenger if you are running X. If you delete a message in one it will also be deleted in the other. (You actually use the same mailbox in both clients.) Another benefit is that fetchmail can be run unattended from a script or be set to run as a daemon. It can even be set to only try collecting mail if the interface is already open. Regards Ole -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote:
any there any 'plus points'/benefits, for a stand-alone PC using fetchmail, rather than pop3 ? If the client you are using now can access IMAP accounts, it can be a better solution to use fetchmai
Thank you Ole :) What IS IMAP & its characteristics, please ? As a standalone-PC, I am using KMAIL to look at 3 separate pop3 servers, when I connect via dial-up. I am quite happy with KMAIL but just wish to learn the benefits of FETCHMAIL best :) ____________ sent on Linux ____________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Si votre email etait sur iFrance vous pourriez ecouter ce message au tel ! http://www.ifrance.com : ne laissez plus vos emails loins de vous ... gratuit sur iFrance : emails (20 MO, POP, FAX), Agenda, Site perso -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 10:41:40PM +0200, tabanna wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote:
any there any 'plus points'/benefits, for a stand-alone PC using fetchmail, rather than pop3 ? If the client you are using now can access IMAP accounts, it can be a better solution to use fetchmai
Thank you Ole :)
What IS IMAP & its characteristics, please ?
I haven't used it, but found the following in the Cyrus-IMAP mini-HOWTO: What is IMAP and why should I use it? IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a method of accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a mail server. IMAP is seen by many as a replacement for POP (Post Office Protocol) mail. IMAP allows users to access their e-mail from different computers without having to download it. This method of mail access is more secure and offers many benefits to the end user. A more indepth answer can be found at: http://www.imap.org/whatisIMAP.html A comparision of IMAP & POP can be found here: http://www.imap.org/imap.vs.pop.brief.html
As a standalone-PC, I am using KMAIL to look at 3 separate pop3 servers, when I connect via dial-up. I am quite happy with KMAIL but just wish to learn the benefits of FETCHMAIL
Fetchmail can be used to automatically fetch the mail and store it on your PC. Then when you use Kmail, you do not need to wait for the remote servers to be accessed. -- Ken Irving Trident Software jkirving@mosquitonet.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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