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Re: Mutt strating up.



Toby <tobia.conforto@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1. Most common solution: configure the "fetchmail" program to download
>    your mail automatically from POP3 servers every x minutes, storing it
>    into /var/mail/<username> where mutt can find it.
[...]
> For solution #1 (which I suggest) you should read some introductory
> material to fetchmail: after you have fetchmail running, mutt will find
> the downloaded mail automatically.

I also think using an external mail retriever is the best solution for most
mutt users, but I recommend `getmail` instead of `fetchmail`.

Charles
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