Re: Unidentified subject!

[Jack Versfeld <jv2@it.sun.ac.za>]

Joerg Ott wrote:

> Hi,
>  how can I check if new mail has arrived on a pop server WITHOUT logging
> in? Netscape does smth like this, checks for new mail every n minutes and
> does not require a password before you actually download the mail. I want
> to do this directly from a linux terminal. Any ideas?
>
> --Joerg
>
> (Please send me a Cc - I'm not on the list.)
>
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Try out fetchmail -c

It only returns the amount of unread messages on the server, without downloading them.
See the fetchmail manpage..

Hope it helps.

Jack :)