"Now that you've read about my computer experience and
my Linux box, it's time to get to the meat of this article:
fetchmail, for personal use.
One of the first things I wanted to do when I first set up my
Linux box was send and receive email. To read my email, I use Pine
v4.21 (which I think is the latest version at this time). Sending
and receiving email to users on the system or in a network
environment is easy with Pine, but what if you want to receive
email from a source outside your network? Fetchmail is the
answer.
Make sure you have your Linux box set up for email support. You
will need to have at least three email utilities installed:
sendmail, the MDA (mail delivery agent)
fetchmail, for retrieving email from sources outside your
network
