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Re: mutt hangs when using remote imap server over home broadband



On 31.07.2008 11:01:26, Dan Davison wrote:
> Dear mutt list,
> 
> I receive mail via my university email account, using the following line
> 
> set spoolfile=imap://markov.stats.ox.ac.uk/INBOX
> 
> I then have set imap_user and set imap_pass lines.
> 
> I run mutt locally on my laptop (ubuntu hardy), and save all my mail
> locally on my laptop. Sometimes my laptop is on a university network,
> and sometimes it's at home, over broadband.

Have you tried 'outsourcing' the retrieve-email part to a program like
fetchmail?

Kind regards,
     Benjamin
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