Thursday, October 29, 2009

fetchmail - collect mail from yahoo mail server and view using mail

create file at /home/[username]/.fetchmail.rc
and Add

poll   pop.bizmail.yahoo.com with proto pop3
user ***@yahoo.com 

Dont use  user root here.create another user for fetchmail.

then use mail or mutt to check your mails.

To view new mails : mail -u [username]
To view all mails    : mail -u [username] -f

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