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On 11 Jul 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jul 11, 2000, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> 
>> But can fetchmail be used to fetch a spool
>> file from a remote machine not running a special server?
> 
> Yup, as long as you can run the imapd program on the other end.
> Then, you write a script that `ssh' to the other end and runs imapd
> and tells fetchmail to use it as a plugin with preauth ssh.

I think Harry does not want to run a food on the other end, not even
an imapd :-)

But of course it would be the best situation.  Setting up a POP server
ought to be simple enough, for example.

kai
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