Re: getting mail question

[Jamin Philip Gray <jgray writeme com>]

> how does mail get from the server to my computer via modem
> is there an console command for getting mail?

check out fetchmail

> 
> I want to use my gnome mailcheck applet and I don' t want to constantly
> write 
> mails to myself to see it work!
> 
> thanks
> 
> olaf
> 
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