Getmail question

[jb701@uku.co.uk]

A not-much-user rather than a complete newbie, I've been using Debian for a 
couple of years.  I'm now finally trying to get email working on my 486.  I 
have a user "mail" which I have used to set up getmail. I use a dialup 
connection. 

When I connect I do so as root using pon.  This works OK. 

Then I log in as "mail" and run getmail.  This works OK, and mail is 
delivered to the relevant user. 

But is there a way I can run getmail without logging in as "mail"?  How do I 
go about it? 

And do I have to run pon as root? 


- Joe