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Old 12-27-2010
Can I access gmail or hotmail from Unix script?
Hi,

I wonder how can I access gmail or hotmail from Unix script? ksh?

Thank you in advance for any advices.
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Old 12-27-2010
Either by using fetchmail to download the mail to the local box, or by using mutt.
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Old 12-27-2010
By script do you mean a commandline program? If so, I recommend alpine. You can set it to open a gmail box.alpine gmail - Google Search
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