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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Downloading your E-Mail</A></H2>
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<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.
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<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!).
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<P>Perform the following steps:
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echo "server pop.com protocol pop3 username dave password foo" > ~/.fetchmailrc
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(Make sure to replace "pop.com" with the hostname to your ISP's pop server. Replace
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"dave" with your username, and replace "foo" with your username's password.)
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<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.
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