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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : nick morrison <nickm@lynx.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:37:36 +1030 (CST)

RE: /var/spool/mail

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, nick morrison wrote:

> Hello all :)
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the main problem isn't that the mail
> isn't deleted from /var/spool/mail, but that the POP client is told
> there's -no- waiting mail.

fetchmail can be made to collect ALL mail using the -a switch. I use this
a lot. I read mail at uni and often don't want messages deleted. So I just
leave them and use fetchmail -a when I get home.

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* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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