On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:40:10 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am So, den 28.11.2004 schrieb ashwin kesavan iyengar um 19:02: > > > Where can i find documentation for fetchmail. The man pages > > explains the various options of "fetchmail --help" (& few other > > notes). But doesn't says how to write the .fetchmailrc. I tried google > > & found the fetchmail home-page (http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ ). > > But that doesn't seems to contain any of required information. Could u > > suggest any web-site for docs or a better documented POP3 client that > > can b used with mutt. > > > ashwin > > The man page and help for fetchmail, along with the formatted info on > Eric S. Raymond's website is all one need. There is no hidden > information. What do you miss? I fear you lack basic knowledge about > mail processing. You may use google and search in groups section in I think you may be right. > group comp.mail.misc. Frequently there are links posted and pointers to > sites with gathered information about particular tools. > I don't understand what you mean by "better documented POP3 client that > can be used with mutt". mutt is a mail client! I don't understand your > problem. Sorry. Here (http://www.mutt.org/links.html#other) is a link which says for POP3 mail retrival u hav to use fetchmail or getmail. Here (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mutt-users/message/49395) is a another link which i got by following links from mutt.org which recommends fetchmail for use with mutt. > Btw. please pay attention to whom you send mail. Is this mail intended > to reach me on my private address or should it be a list mail? Sorry, it was my mistake. I should have clicked reply-to-all instead of reply button. Thanks for the link (comp.mail.misc group). I will search on it. with regards, ashwin