Mutt Basic

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 02:12:41AM -0500, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Peter Garrett wrote:
> >        the file is local or not. this way is a bit clumsy, and we 
> >        probably want to use TLS or something similar rather than a 
> >        plain text login. ~/.muttrc allows us to do this.
> >  
> Ok, tried this with:
> mutt -f 
> imaps://lenc5570@sbcglobal.net:mypasswd@pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com/INBOX
> output:Could not connect to pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com (Interrupted system 
> call).
> and with:
>  mutt -f 
> maps://lenc5570@sbcglobal.net:mypasswd@sbcglobal.yahoo.com/INBOX to get 
> rid of pop.
> output:Could not find the host "sbcglobal.yahoo.com"
> Also tried with imap ipo pop with this output:
> Could not find the host "imap.sbcglobal.yahoo.com"
> Either yahoo was no imap server or I'm missing something.
> Also didn't work with mail ipo imap, imaps, or pop.
> Perhaps you will clarify or am I missing some prerequisite.
> 
OK - as an experiment I tried connecting with:

mutt -f pop://pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com

It appears to connect, and asks for user name (obviously I didn't 
continue, since I have no account with yahoo)

I assume it would proceed to asking for a password.

Try it and see what happens.

Peter