🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:21:26 +1000, Jason Stokes <j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>In article <33478F1B.7341D321@ozemail.com.au>, Peter Evans
><pete1@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> This might be a boring old question, but after a good wander around the
>> wonderful world of HOWTOs, I still don't know the answer.
>> 
>> Are there and POP mail clients for linux besides Netscape, or is that
>> it?
>
>I feel that fetchmail is probably the best POPclient.  Unlike some other
>POP clients, it's design to work with the other components of your mail
>handling system (so fetchpop delivers to my qmail client which then pipes
>to procmail over the forward mechanism, which sorts the messages, bursts
>all digests, and delivers to the appropriate MH folder.
>
>Rather neat, actually. 

I definately agree.  Go with fetchpop (or one of the other, similar, 
tools).  Then you're free to use whatever MUA you like most.

BTW, you can actually have fetchpop write directly to your mailbox, or 
pass mail directly to procmail (bypassing your MTA).  This might simplify 
setting up mail.

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