[H-GEN] Email query.

[James Lever]

In article <Pine.OSF.3.95.971211143618.11551C-100000 at student.uq.edu.au> you write:
>On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Rob Kearey wrote:
>forward:
>o It is easily done, and automagic
>o You can set-n-forget
>o Processor time is consumed on the *other* machine :)
>fetchmail:
>o Also easily done, can be automagic
>o You can also set-n-forget
>o Important to me, you can fetchmail on dialup lines that prentice
>  refuse to provide a direct mail feed to :)
>o You can still look for mail on the remote machine should you happen to
>  be in a position to do so
>I'd probably use fetchmail, unless you're never going to want to read your
>mail on the other machine(s).

A *very* big plus for .forward files is tha they don't transmit your
password across the network every 5 minutes or so.

James

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