Re: Mailbox check utility

Paul Lankow wrote:

>>From work, I have a text-only SSH connection to my machine at home
> from which I run Pine. Is it possible to ask Pine to check ALL IMAP
> mailboxes for new mail? 

I don't recall it being a problem to use IMAP mailboxes under Pine. 
Search Google for "pinerc imap howto" for a number of examples.

It's also pretty easy to use SSH to tunnel an IMAP connection if you'd 
rather browse IMAP mailboxes from the comfort of your work MUA.


> If not, can someone suggest a script that
> would check mailboxes and display something to standard out if
> something new comes in?

If what you're trying to do is simultaneously check multiple user 
accounts, try fetchmail.  Create a new account on your home machine that 
periodically polls the other accounts so that you can view (copies of) 
messages under a single account.

If none of those suggestions get at what you're looking for, some more 
detail about your problem would be helpful.

HTH,

Dylan