Re: retrieving email ?

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.10.24 19:33:25 +0100 Mike McCue wrote:
> I apologize for the simple nature of this email, I tried searching the 
> archives first, but am not getting any responses... at least not using the 
> terms that I am... Any point in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
> 
> I am trying to setup balsa on my rh 7.1 box (the version that came with rh 
> 7.1, don't know it off the top of my head).  It appears to be sending mail 
> fine, but I can't for the life of me get it to retrieve mail.
> 

rh7.1 has a terribly old balsa. i'd sugest you upgrade, it has nothing to
do with your current problems but it will probably keep you from hitting
old bugs.
rh7.2 came out with with balsa-1.1.7 which is nicer, or you could wait for
the rh7.2 erratum that will carry balsa-1.2.1 or balsa-1.2.2

> I set the mailbox at /home/mike/mail/, but balsa is complaining that this
that is a directory

> isn't a valid mailbox.  What constitutes a 'valid' mailbox ?
/home/mike/mail/inbox for instance :)

> 
> Does balsa not go out and retrieve mail ?  Do I need to setup another 
> program to actually hit the pop server and retrieve my mail to the mailbox 
> and use balsa to read it ?  I guess I'm just a little confused here...
> 

you can configure pop3 access in settings->preferences

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