Using recycled bits, John said:
% now the problem is that when i type .fetchmailrc -a i get all my mail
% from Slackware's mail program. I have pine all set up but for some
% reason it won't come through it. could someone tell me what I'm doing
% wrong here or send me their .fetchmailrc file off list with the
% appropriate feilds commented out?
Are you running an MDA (mail delivery agent) such as sendmail? Fetchmail
relies on having an MDA to deliver the mail it retrieves. Failing that,
does Pine know where to look for your mail?
Kurt
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... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking
zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
-- Robert Firth