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Re: [ECS] POSTIE new message check ? Ingo Dean Tue, 02 Mar 1999 23:48:55 -0500

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The -mdn flag is for when you send mail, I believe.

To check your mail using postie:

Syntax for POP3 retrieving...

  postie [-host:server] -user:userid -pass:password [-br]
[-file:filename] [-raw] [-html]
         [-extract:[path]] [-msg:nbr] [-rm] [-relay:hostname
[-alias:filename | -to:address]] [-receipt]
         [-pat:pattern | -nopat:pattern]

EXAMPLES

For listing mail...

    postie -host:mailserver.com -user:userid -pass:secret -br
    postie -host:mailserver.com -user:userid -pass:secret -br -imap
-mbox:personal

Retrieving mail (and delete from server)

    postie -host:mailserver.com -user:userid -pass:secret -msg:1
-file:mail.dat -extract -rm

There's even a section on auto-dialing your ISP in the README.txt file
near the bottom.

Mark Gilmore wrote:

> Can anyone figure how to determine if new email is available ?
> "postie -mdn -host:smtp.usit.net -user:{me} -pass:{password}"
> results in
>   "COULD NOT CONNECT TO: SMTP.USIT.NET:110, ERROR= -10061"
> regardless of whether I am logged in or not.
>
> I am not sure what "-mdn" does (the readme.txt states
> that it "request mail disposition notification").
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> omnip@usit.net
> http://www.usit.com/omnip

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