On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 04:40:19PM +0800, lf wrote: > hi all, > > I want to send and receive mails in a remote mail server(I > register a free mailbox). The remote server don't supply > "telnet" serve, so I can not send/receive my mails through > "telnet". how can I do it in linux. > > I am using redhat, version of its kernel is 2.2.2. This is application issue, not kernel one. Some such free mailboxes support only web-access, but that is another story. You need to use mail user agent (MUA) which can retrieve arrived email from remote server by which ever means that system supports (POP3 and IMAP4 are very likely), and then you send your email by means of e.g. SMTP. Two programs that are able to support what you need are - Netscape Communicator - PINE > thanks in advance. > > F.L > legendman@263.net /Matti Aarnio - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu