replacement for netscrape mail

[Bob Bell]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:14:18PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar at golux.com> wrote:
> example:  if i download my pop mail from mutt on system a, and then
> do likewise on system b, the latter is only going to get anything
> new since a's download.  in contrast, if the muas in the example
> are netscrape, they each will get everything since the last time
> *they* (that is, each individual instance) downloaded it.
> 
> demonstration: i pack up my desktop mail on cd to take home.  (don't
> ask.)  after that's done, i might fire netscrape up to see any mail
> that came in while the cd was cooking.  when i get home, i restore
> the cd -- and when i start netscrape it needs to download everything
> since it was shut down before the cd started.
> 
> netscrape does this with a file called 'popstate'.
> 
> boy, how i *do* go on, eh?

    I assume IMAP isn't an option?  It would be a much better solution.

    FWIW, mutt does have POP support.  Or you can always use fetchmail
with -k.

-- 
Bob Bell <bobbell at zk3.dec.com>
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