Text-based mail program which handles webmail.

[h]

fetchmail is a MTA (mail transfer agent). you can install it from ports/mail. 
it is easy to configure the first time you run it. but make sure you can 
download your yahoo mail by pop3 first. people have suggested it is a paying 
yahoo feature. fetchmail doc is readable at http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/

checking your mail from remote means you can access your computer from another 
location (eg, your work place), start pine, and process mail like if you were 
home. to connect to your computer you must use ssh, as telnet is grossly 
insecure. but don't worry about this in the first place.



On Sunday 17 October 2004 12:21, Ben Washington-Yule wrote:
> h wrote:
> >if your yahoo mail is pop3, then you can process your mail with fetchmail
> > + pine, it works like a breeze. you don't need X and you can do it from
> > remote via ssh without any problem. make sure you quit pine before you
> > access your email with other programs, tho.
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> You have mentioned quite a few terms that I am unfamiliar with
> (fetchmail, remote, ssh). I have started reading the mail section of the
> handbook at the moment but I would like to know if there are any other
> resources I should be looking at regarding mail?
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