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OS X 'mail' command/program -- to receive Gmail

  • 21-03-2006 12:40pm
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    Dave!
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    Hey folks,

    I'm fairly new to Macs, and I've just discovered the 'mail' command, and I was wondering if it's possible to be able to check my Gmail account with this command? I have my iBook set up so that I'm able to check it using the Mail application, but when I type in the mail command into the terminal, it always says that I have no mail. I've been messing around with it, and I'm able to send emails using this shell program (although they come from a wierd address... [myname]@...cpc1-tall1-4-1-cus.....dbn.cable.ntl..), but I'm not able to send mails to that address -- they bounce back.

    So in summary, am I able to set up my iBook so that i can check my Gmail in the Terminal?

    Thanks and sorry for being a n00b!

    P.S., I posted this thread in the Unix forum, forgetting that there's a Mac forum too, so sorry :o
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054905673

    They mention fetchmail in that thread, and I actually found a site that would probably help me
    http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-fetchmail-to-download-emails.html

    Except that first 'rpm' command doesn't work, so I don't know if I have fetchmail -- and I think it's kind of Linux-specific


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