Hi all. I recently tried the thing where I changed the in box path in Pine to reflect my ISP's pop server, and it works great, but what are the pros and cons regarding this technique over using fetchmail, which I've also used quite successfully? Thanks. Dan Murphy mailto:mweeby at nycap.rr.com http://home.nycap.rr.com/mweeby Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in awareness. -- James Thurber