How about ftp-ing your mail file to your linux box?
Hugh
Ian Collier wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 08:48:57AM -0400, Mark Kennedy wrote:
> > (1) i don't have access to a POP or an IMAP server.
> > (2) i have a flat file mailbox on a solaris box.
> > (3) i don't have NFS access to the solaris box.
> > (4) my desktop is a laptop running linux.
> > (5) i can't get them to route email to the laptop (and even
> > if i could, i'm disconnected too much to make it practical)
> > (6) i want to read email on the laptop while disconnected.
>
> Well, personally I deal with this by using 'scp' to fetch my flatfile
> mailbox from my account on the Solaris system and then 'cat' it onto the
> end of my flatfile mailbox on my Linux laptop (I also 'mv' the Solaris
> mailbox out of the way first so that I don't re-fetch it next time).
> Then I use 'mutt' to read the mailbox on my laptop.
>
> Which isn't what you asked for, but never mind. :-)
>
> imc
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