Ena apo ta pio shmantika pragmata sto Internet, einai h entypwsiakh dynatothta na metaferei mail se/apo xwres h pi8ana pio topika. To Linux einai ejairetika dynato se eukola paketa gia mail apo konsola. 8a asxolh8oume twra me to programma Pine (Program for Internet Mail and News), poy ftiaxthke sto Panepisthmio ths Washington, kai gia na katebazete (download) ta mail, me ena programma poy legetai Fetchmail, apo ton Eric S. Raymond. Kai ta duo 8a prepei na perilambanontai sth dianomh Linux sas.
To Fetchmail einai ena programma poy katebazei ta e-mail apo ton server xrhsimopoiwntas POP, metaferei to mail ston ypologisth sas kai sthn synexeia to sbhnei apo ton server, akribws opws kanei to Eudora h to Microsoft Internet Mail/Exchange. Gia na ry8misete kai na aytomatopoihsete to fetchmail, xrhsimopoihste ena arxeio ston home katalogo sas poy legetai .fetchmailrc. Apla anoijte /.fetchmailrc (Na 8ymaste: ayto to kanete oxi san root alla san aplos xrhsths) me opoion dior8wth 8elete kai parathrhste tis parakatw epiloges:
poll mail.yourisp.com proto pop3 user login_name password your_passwd
user login_name with pass your_passwd is login_name here
To mono poy exete na kanete einai na antikatasthsete to mail.yourisp.com me to onoma toy mail server toy ISP sas, to your_passwd me to password sas, kai to login_name me to login name sas.
Ena shmantiko pragma poy prepei na prosexete. Gia to Pine kai gia na doyleuei swsta ayth h diadikasia, to login name prepei na antistoixei sto login name poy xrhsimopoieite me ton ISP. Gi' ayto, to topiko sas login name prepei na tairiazei me ayto poy xrhsimopoieite ston server, kai sthn e-mail dieu8ynsh sas.
Sth synexeia, bebaiw8eite oti to .fetchmailrc exei ta swsta permissions (mono user read/write) kai sthn ygeia sas. To Fetchmail mporei na arxisei me duo tropoys, se standard mode (opote 8a kanei fetch ta mhnumata apo ton server kai 8a termatisei), h se daemon mode (opote 8a parameinei energo, kai 8a elegxei/katebazei mail ka8e X deyterolepta). Gia na xrhsimopoihsete daemon mode, plhktrologhste fetchmail -a -d(Seconds between Polls). To -a bebaiwnei oti katebazei ola ta mail. Gia na xrhsimopoihsete to standard mode, plhktrologhste fetchmail -a.
Sth synexeia, prepei na egkatasthsete to Pine. Anoijte to Pine, grafontas pine sthn endeijh entolwn, epilejte Setup - Configuration. Egkatasthste to userdomain san to domain sthn hlektronikh sas dieu8ynsh, gia paradeigma gia to jack@linux.org, 8a htan linux.org. Sthn synexeia, dhlwste ton smtp-server san ton POP mail server sas (To idio poy xrhsimopoihsate kai kata thn ru8mish toy fetchmail). Etsi eisagoyme to www.linux.org. Ean 8elete news, ry8miste ton nntp server na deixnei ayton toy ISP.
Ayto htan loipon, ola 8a prepei na doyleuoyn swsta twra. Gia na synde8eite me ton ISP, apla trejte /ppp-connect san root. Meta, gia na parete ta e-mail sas trejte to fetchmail -a san o eaytos sas (oxi san root). Gia na deite ta e-mail kai ta news, xrhsimopoihste to Pine. An 8elete, egkatasthste enan mh grafiko fyllometrhth (text-based browser) opws ton Lynx gia na ejereynhsete to web.
Gia opoiadhpote sxolia, erwthseis, protaseis steilte sto mstrates@croftj.net