On 11/16/02 1:15 AM +0000, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > A good thing to demonstrate the remote capibilities of linux would be to > > show how you can check a pop3 mailbox from a remote computer without having > > to setup that account on the machine. > > Oh what, you mean something like: > telnet some.mail.server 110 > user username > pass password > list > top 1 20 (to read the headers) > top 1 40 > top 1 60 > top 1 80 > etc etc etc > You could also use mutt. Run mutt, press c, and then type pop://<your_pop_username>:<your_pop_password>@<your_pop_server>. At least that works for me, and it's better than speaking pop3. > Hehehe, I've checked my email like this many a time. *grin* > > Only thing to remember, don't leave more than 60 secs between commands or > you get booted. Oh yes, and it doesn't work if the server wants ssl > authentication, sorry, but I don't talk realtime ssl. *grin* > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at tjfisher.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at ev1.net PGP Public Key ID: 45CBBABD http://stivers-home.dyndns.org
