You see, I thought of Pine when I got home last night..so I connected to the
net and tried it...but when I tried to configure it logged in as root, there
was no username or password field, there was smpt(sp?) and I couldn't
remember if that was incomming or outgoing...I was so confused! :)
THanks
Jason - at work
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Costa [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 7:07 AM
> To: Billingham, Jason
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Big Problem..help please! :)
>
> From the command line, I'd try and use pine! Just type... pine :)
> It's great and flexible but I'm not sure about multiple mailboxes.
>
> Once you got X up and running you can still use pine but also netscape or
> kde's
> mail client...
>
> Good luck
> Ed.
>
> "Billingham, Jason" wrote:
>
> > Okay I have a little dilemma. Some might think this isn't a big
> > problem...but not being able to dial in and receive email, to me, is a
> big
> > problem :) My laptop's Modem just broke..and I screwed it up more
> trying
> > to fix it. Its an internal so I REALLY screwed it up.
> >
> > My question to you great people of the list, is what program can I use
> in
> > Linux to get my email. I can access the my provider (dial up) from
> Linux on
> > my desktop, but I haven't figured out what mail program to use, how to
> set
> > it up etc.. I don't have X working yet, I'm having config problems
> > there...it doesn't suport my graphics card...but I'd be happy if I could
> > just send and recieve my email.
> >
> > I'd preferably like to use a program that supports multiple email
> > accounts...but as long as I know how to set it up, I can set up each one
> > each time I download, and I can probably telnet to most of them to get
> my
> > mail on their local server. but its one in particular I want to
> download.
> >
> > Help please! *insert panic mode here*
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
