<<user janina #username for the remote system. pass XXXXXXXX #password at the remote system.>> Right, this is where there's a fundamental problem This user name is the same as your email name. But I have the problem of the known user name being of the form - rhdl44980123-9 - while email names are bob.s.harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or the.bobsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or the like. Fetchmail is only looking for mail for - rhdl4892371-9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Is the problem any clearer? is there any fix? Even Outlook figures this out, so Linux has no excuse. I've also been through the pine config file and my own local .pinerc and added the alternate address lines... and it still presumes my login name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <sigh!> GA! _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list