Craig Sprout wrote:
> At 10:50 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >How do I set up Netscape to check the system mail? I have Mandrake 7.2
> >and Netscape 4.75. I currently have to login to the server and check the
> >system mail with Kmail. I would like to be able to check the system mail
> >from Netscape running on a WinXX box to make this task quicker.
> >
> >My FQDN is: Nemesis.rbpllc.com
> >Mail File is : /var/mail/root (or david or whoever)
> >
> >I can't figure out what entries (account info) to use in Netscape to get
> >access to the mail on the Linux box. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> David--
>
> You need to make sure that you have a POP3 or IMAP server running on your
> Linux box. Then you can set up Netscape to retrieve mail from any account
> that you like.
>
> Incidentally, you should alias root to a regular user account, so that you
> aren't transmitting the root password to check root's mail.
>
Craig, I have postfix running, I will look into its configuration. Thanks..
--
David C. Rankin
Nacogdoches, Texas
