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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!nh.acorn.co.uk!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting mail from my ISP Date: 7 Jun 1996 01:28:34 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4p80k2$2do@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <nickliuDsL8F7.JwJ@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <nickliuDsL8F7.JwJ@netcom.com>, Nick Liu <nickliu@netcom.com> 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? It depends on which protocol they're using to send it. If it's SMTP, it should all flow in automatically when you connect; if it's POP, you'll need to run something like POPclient from the ports/packages. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ james@jraynard.demon.co.uk | jraynard@freebsd.org