Mutt Basic
Peter Garrett
peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Tue Sep 4 23:15:36 UTC 2007
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
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