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Old 09-26-2004, 12:30 PM   #1
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mutt config -help


I want to configure my mutt so that i can download mails from a pop/imap server where i have account.I also want to leave messages on the server,without deleting them on download .
how to do these?

i dont see any options for these in the .muttrc file?

is that the file which i should be editing or ????///

plz help

tia
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Old 09-27-2004, 10:29 AM   #2
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I think you'll want to look at something like fetchmail for this task, as mutt is a mail reader and not a mail retriever.
 
Old 09-27-2004, 11:51 AM   #3
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hey buddy
thnx,i just used fetchmail to download the messages.

but how to configure fetchmail so that it automatically downloads at regular intervals........

i will be glad if u can help me with this..
 
Old 11-09-2005, 09:36 AM   #4
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