[oclug] Retrieving mail from multiple mailservers

[Dave Edwards]

On 2004-04-03 12:58-0500, Adam! wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to move from using KMail to Pine, so that i can check my mail from 
> school using SSH. Currently I have 3 different addresses I need to check, and 
> would like them to be stored in separate folders. I've gotten fetchmail to 
> retrieve them, but I don't know how to get them sorted into their separate 
> folders. It seems to me that it should just be an option under fetchmail 
> somewhere, but I couldn't find it in the manpage (maybe I'm just blind). Keep 
> in mind that I've never configured/used fetchmail, procmail, or any 
> text-based email client, so please bear with me, I'm a newbie :)

You answered your oswn question -- you need procmail to do that.  Any
of the manual pages 'procmailex', 'procmailrc', and 'procmail' should
get you started.

Dave.
-- 
Dave Edwards <dleSympaticoCa>
Freelance and Technical Writer,
With Special Interest in Open Source Software
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