Ralph,
I'm using Pine with a dial up connection. Sorry no one answered your first
post. I only just now saw it on the list.
Using Pine with dial connections is fairly easy.
1) you want to initialize your "Inbox" by launching Pine.
2) then you want to configure your settings for Pine on your system
*I would suggest checking out the docs at http://www.washington.edu/pine *
3) next, you're going to have to get your mail from the server.
while Pine will do this the process is VERY tedious and not
very much fun.
To get your mail from the server you can use a program called
"fetchmail". To use the program all you have to do is open
a terminal window and call the program.
fetchmail -u username mail.hostname.com
a) call the program fetchmail
b) the ( -u ) flag lets Fetchmail is to pass your "username" to
the ISP's mail server. Which, by the way is the one connected
tro your email address and not the one you use to log into
Linux with. In your case it's "rlambert".
c) the last argument in this command for fetching your mail is
your ISP's mail server. If you're not sure what this is
a quick call to your ISP can solve this mystery.
d) the last thing to do here is once the command has been entered
correctly the next thing you want to do is hit <ENTER>
When fetchmail connects to your mail server you will be asked to provide
your password to authenticate yourself to the mail server. Do so, and when
the mail server is satisfied that you have authenticated yourself
correctly your mail will begin to be downloaded from the mailserver. It's
destination is /var/spool/mail/$USER. ( $USER = your username) This is the
default location where Pine will look for your messages.
SPECIAL NOTE: If you try to run fetchmail BEFORE running Pine for the
first time your messages will not find their way to the right place and
you will lose ALL of them in the process. It is very important to run Pine
FIRST before using fetchmail in order to initialize your mail directory in
the system.
That about covers it in breif. Once you've downloaded your mail you can
begin to read it at your leisure. Enjoy and if you have any more
questions, and I know you will, please feel free to contact me.
--
Mark
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Ralph Lambert wrote:
> OK
>
> Since nobody answered my first post does this mean I can't use Pine
> with a dialup connection?
>
> Ralph
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Ralph Lambert wrote:
> > Where can I find information about setting up Pine with a dialup
> > connection. I am assuming that it can be done since I have seen
> > th echeckbox forr using a slow connection.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> >
> > PS Where is my LM serial number so I can properly register?
>
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