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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:05:08 -0400
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] setup?
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  2) setting up client access for pop3 and nntp?  I checked the mail(1)
     manpage, but it didn't want to give up its secrets.  (that is, I have
     a remote pop3 account and would like to be able to download its
     messages to my PC while in plan9.)

I have patches to upas/fs that provide pop3 access.
If you bug me, I'm happy to provide them.  No one,
to my knowledge, has done anything for nntp, although
it's a file system just itching to be written.

I use my pop3 patches almost exclusively, to get around network
failures between me and my mail server.  They're not
in the system proper because they store your password
in a plain text file, which is not great.  I believe a
more general solution is planned.

Russ