<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>TkRat mini-HOWTO: Downloading your E-Mail</TITLE> <LINK HREF="TkRat-4.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="TkRat-2.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="TkRat.html#toc3" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="TkRat-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="TkRat-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="TkRat.html#toc3">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s3">3. Downloading your E-Mail</A></H2> <P>In order to read E-Mail, it is usually best to download it using a program called "fetchmail". The following instructions are known to work perfectly for version 2.2 of fetchmail - although they should be applicable to any version. <P>(Note: Fetchmail is almost certainly already installed on your system, as it is included in all Linux distributions that I know of - if anyone knows this to be untrue, please let me know!). <P>Perform the following steps: <P> <HR> <PRE> echo "server pop.com protocol pop3 username dave password foo" > ~/.fetchmailrc (Make sure to replace "pop.com" with the hostname to your ISP's pop server. Replace "dave" with your username, and replace "foo" with your username's password.) </PRE> <HR> <P>Now, whenever you want to check your E-Mail, just type "fetchmail" at the prompt. Fetchmail will go off and download all your mail and store it in your local mail folder. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="TkRat-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="TkRat-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="TkRat.html#toc3">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>