You can use the fetchmailconf GUI frontend to create your .fetchmailrc file. It works nicely. Regards, Mike Cantrell "Todd C. Ames" wrote: > > I have always found it easiest to get mail from a POP account using > fetchmail and pine. > > Just set up a .fetchmailrc in your home dir, something like: > > #fetchmail conf example > > poll mail.rickrosinski.com with proto POP3 user "USERNAME" there with > password "PASSWORD" > is YOUR_LOCAL_USERNAME here > > #end of example > > configuring pine is pretty straightforward. > > you can run fetchmail as a daemon to automatically check your pop accounts. > > hth, > > todd > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Richard > > Rosinski > > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 9:03 PM > > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > Subject: Retrieving pop3 mail > > > > > > I have just migrated to Redhat 6.2 from Slackware. So far, so good - > > until I tried retrieving mail from my ISP. After running netcfg and > > setting up the ppp interface, I successfully connected to the Net and > > was able to surf. Then, I tried setting up my mail client to retrieve > > mail from my site (rickrosinski.com) which I have done for a long time, > > successfully. The mail client (kmail) reports that my usr name & > > password are incorrect - which is strange, since it was set up the exact > > same way on my Slackware system. Then, I tried other mail clients. All > > report the same error. Everything works in Windoze as it always did. > > > > I am a newbie to Redhat, and have not mofified anything (except for what > > I did with netcfg). > > > > Please help!!! > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss