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From: feisal@tstt.net.tt (Feisal Mohammed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Getting mail from my ISP
Date: 7 Jun 1996 00:41:22 GMT
Organization: University of the West Indies
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In article <nickliuDsL8F7.JwJ@netcom.com>, Nick Liu wrote:
>I am very pleased about FreeBSD for its performance.  

>One thing though, I don't know how to configure the mail reader to get
>mail from my ISP (if there is a way).  Can someone give me a hint?

If your ISP uses POP3 then I would recommend popclient, available
on cdrom.com. It is very customizable and can retrieve mail to your
local mailbox on the FreeBSD box then you can use your MUA eg. mh
or Pine etc to read etc.

-Feisal
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Feisal Mohammed <feisal@tstt.net.tt>   Ph: 1-809-662-2002 x3171
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies.