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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting mail from my ISP Date: 7 Jun 1996 13:43:09 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4p984t$11p@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <nickliuDsL8F7.JwJ@netcom.com> <4p80k2$2do@jraynard.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] James Raynard (james@jraynard.demon.co.uk) wrote: : 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. Just to qualify the sendmail scenario, your ISP should have software (on their end) that detects your connection and thumps their mail machine, telling it to forward any cached mail to your SMTP (sendmail). POP (post office protocol) waits for you to say "give me any mail", that's why you need popclient. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....