[lug] trouble posting to mailing list(s)

[Wayde Allen]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, David Emile Lamy wrote:

> On Thu, 18 May 2000, Wayde Allen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 18 May 2000, David Emile Lamy wrote:
> > 
> > > You can use Pine to access your isp's pop server directly.  Go to the Main
> > > menu, choose Setup, then Config and enter:
> > > 
> > > {your.pop.server.here/pop3}inbox
> > > 
> > > in the inbox-path = field.
> > 
> > Hmmm are you sure it supports POP?  I was fairly certain that it would do
> > IMAP, but I was not sure about POP.  I fought with this several years ago,
> > so my memory of the battle is pretty fuzzy.  In the end, I finally
> > switched to fetchmail and had no more problems.
> > 
> 
> Yes, I am sure Pine supports POP, because of my use of Pine to log onto
> POP servers for the past three years.
> 
> My tip comes from the documentation for Pine.

One certainly can't argue with experience, and I can't say I didn't learn
anything today either.


- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)