[CS-FSLUG] Mutt & POP

Don Parris gnumathetes at gmail.com
Wed Mar 8 11:59:08 CST 2006


O.k.  Thanks!  I did manage to setup mutt to retrieve mail from one
pop account, and leave the mail on the server, which is what I want. 
I am starting to learn my way around a little bit.  I appreciate your
help.

Blessings,
Don

On 3/8/06, Tim Young <Tim.Young at lightsys.org> wrote:
> I am not familiar with KMail and it's directories.  You will need to
> google that subject.  If both of them were using imap, then it would
> work.  But if you are using the physical directories on the disk, then
> it is difficult to know without research.
>
>     - Tim
>
> Don Parris wrote:
>
> >On 3/7/06, Tim Young <Tim.Young at lightsys.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>In the manpage for "muttrc" (the mutt configuration file) there is an
> >>option, pop_delete, which I believe is the option you were looking for.
> >>
> >>- Tim Young
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Thanks Tim!  One more question.  I normally use KMail with its
> >maildirs.  Can I use mutt to read my mail stored in KMail?  I assume
> >it's a matter of pointing my muttrc to KMail's maildir (thought I saw
> >something about a maildir_path or similar), but don't want to goof up
> >something on pure assumptions.
> >
> >My purpose here is to continue using my desktop when at home, but to
> >get more comfortable with the CLI when I login to my box from work.
> >Since I am using SSH, it would be cool to play with mutt while at
> >work.  I may enable the remote desktop sharing feature, but I need to
> >set the port appropriately 5901 --> myPort.  That would be just as
> >cool.  Still, part of my goal is to get more comfortable using Bash et
> >al.
> >
> >Don
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