Command line check gmail

[Matthew Flaschen]

John DeCarlo wrote:
> On 4/2/07, Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Just subscribe to an active mailing list and you are set ;)
>> Hey, that's actually pretty clever! I'll keep this one subscribed. Do ya
>> think
>> that'll do the trick or do I have to *read* the email sometimes?
>>
> 
> You could set up filters so most of your mail "skips the inbox" and has a
> label applied.
> 
> Then you could set up POPmail and tell it to keep all messages on the gmail
> server.
> 
> Then you could run "fetchmail" or something similar to just download your
> Inbox once a week or so.

Not that these shenanigans aren't clever, but the TOS
(http://www.google.com/mail/help/program_policies.html) says they wait
/9/ months before terminating.

Matt Flaschen