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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: POP3 and SMTP email...
Date: 27 Jun 1997 15:04:46 GMT
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In article <5ovt4g$1j1@huron.eel.ufl.edu>,
afn45694@afn.org (James N. Grace) writes:
> I am attempting to send and receive email from my local dial up Internet
> Service Provider using Netscape Navigator Gold. Do I need any additional
> software? After reading the email section in the handbook it appeared that
> I needed a POP email program (such as fetchmail?). The email section is
> not as easy to understand as most of the other sections in
> the FreeBSD handbook.
netscape has the pop bit built in I believe, but you'll probably
have to set sendmail up.
Joerg made a "build from an m4 file" package for sendmail - I
have no idea where it is though. Alternatively, read the
sendmail READMEs - it's not too tricky.
> --
> James N. Grace - afn45694@afn.org
> TBFIS (The Best Free Internet Software)
> http://www.afn.org/~afn45694/
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !