On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What is the name of the programed launched when you type
> "mail" at the command line?
Uhhh, mail, usually. If I want Pine or mutt, I'd type pine or mutt
on the command line.
> I am trying to figure it out a little better,
> but I don't know which man pages to read.
man mail
For other mail programs, man pine or man mutt. There's elm
available too, but its security is flawed, and it's no longer being
maintained.
> What about checking mail? Do I have to invoke fetchmail, then
> "mail"? Etc. TIA.
Exactly, or fetchmail then pine or fetchmail then mutt...
Of course, if you haven't dialed your ISP, or fetchmail doesn't
invoke diald (and diald isn't configured to dial your ISP) you're still
just pounding sand
> Somewhere in between newbie and guru .
So far, as far as mail goes, closer to newbie, but you'll get
there. Keep asking questions.
Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Back in the taxi again...
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