Re: Basic Questions

[Nathan Clemons <nathan windsofstorm net>]

Fetch(mail|pop) are nice... BUT... their intent isn't exactly what you
want in something that just checks to see what your status is. I plan on
writing a quick Perl script to log into a POP server (I can always add
IMAP later) and run through the messages with a TOP and grab the Status:
lines off of that.

Should I use Net::POP3 or code the socket connection myself (ie, for those
out there who would use it, do you have or can you install Net::POP3
easily)?

After it cycles through and TOPs the messages, it will issue an RSET. For
mail servers that may auto-delete messages on reading, this will help
avoid that, though I don't know of many that change status based off of
the TOP command.

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On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Fred Richardson wrote:

>     [2] I use (an admittedly crufty) emacs mail system (MH-e) which I
>         have to use remotely.  Is there a way to get the `Mail check'
>         applet to run on a remote host, or to have it check a remote
>         mail file?
>