lingerke@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Ken Linger) (02/28/91)
Is there a program the will allow my Mac to login to Unix, download my mail and then log out? (Automatically, obviously). It would be nice to click something like "Check mail" and go about something else and come back to a mail folder. Doesn't matter if it is Public domain or commercial. Thanks in advance! Ken Linger lingerke@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) (02/28/91)
lingerke@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Ken Linger) writes: >Is there a program the will allow my Mac to login to Unix, download my mail and >then log out? (Automatically, obviously). It would be nice to click something >like "Check mail" and go about something else and come back to a mail folder. >Doesn't matter if it is Public domain or commercial. Eudora is available from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu in the mac/eudora directory. It uses MacTCP or the Communications Toolbox, and lets you recieve and send mail. Requires a POP (Post Office Protocol) server, which is widely available, running on the Unix machine. All freeware. pr -- Pete Resnick (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?) Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC Internet/ARPAnet/EDUnet : resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu BITNET (if no other way) : FREE0285@UIUCVMD
zweig@cs.uiuc.edu (Johnny Zweig) (03/01/91)
lingerke@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Ken Linger) writes: >Is there a program the will allow my Mac to login to Unix, download my mail and >then log out? (Automatically, obviously). It would be nice to click something >like "Check mail" and go about something else and come back to a mail folder. >Doesn't matter if it is Public domain or commercial. I bet White Knight could do it. You would just whip up a script that logged in as you, ran Kermit/Layers/whatever to transfer the stuff, and then boogie out. A buddy of mine has WK scripts to do things much more complicated than this, so I can't _promise_ it could but I would be flabbergasted if it couldn't. -Johnny Mail
dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (<blank>) (03/01/91)
zweig@cs.uiuc.edu (Johnny Zweig) writes: >lingerke@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Ken Linger) writes: >>Is there a program the will allow my Mac to login to Unix, download my mail and >>then log out? (Automatically, obviously). It would be nice to click something >>like "Check mail" and go about something else and come back to a mail folder. >>Doesn't matter if it is Public domain or commercial. >I bet White Knight could do it. You would just whip up a script that logged in >as you, ran Kermit/Layers/whatever to transfer the stuff, and then boogie out. >A buddy of mine has WK scripts to do things much more complicated than this, >so I can't _promise_ it could but I would be flabbergasted if it couldn't. >-Johnny Mail Well, i'm johnny's buddy, and yes I do have some complicated WK scripts to do funky things, but if all you want is mail, you might be better off with Eudora. Eudora is a mac program that gets/sends mail. It will dial-up, send any outgoing mail you have typed up, and get any you have received. It is available fvia anon ftp at ux1.cs.uiuc.edu. You'll need the communications ToolBox, which is communications drivers from Apple (free, probably from your local dealer). -- ________________________________________________________________________________ Dan Walkowski | To understand recursion, Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci. | you must first understand recursion. walkowsk@cs.uiuc.edu |
rpcfod@uarthur.UUCP (Robert Patt-Corner) (03/07/91)
If you can't get networked access or run POP (by far the best solution) there are some uucp-based solutions, both good: MacGnuucp, shareware from Fort Pond Research (jim@fpr.com) uAccess, commercial, full-featured, expensive from ICE Engineering (time@ice.com) I've used both, like and can recommend both