[ale] deleting email before downloading (pop3)

[Paul Boren]

If you --enable-pop at compile time, you can use mutt.
Type the following at the command line:

mutt -f pop://username@mail.server.net

-----Original Message----- From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> Sent: 
Aug 9, 2004 12:19 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org> 
Subject: Re: [ale] deleting email before downloading (pop3) Preston 
Boyington wrote:

> is there a program that i can use to delete mail from pop3 boxes (from mindspring dial-up)?
> 
> i found "pop3browser" and a couple of others, but haven't been able to get it to work properly.
> 
> the machine that i want to do this with is running Debian Woody.
> 
> anyone use something like this and can give a bit of help?