On 9/14/2010 2:44 PM, James Newton wrote:
> Didn't notice that about fetchmail... but procmail seems to be a *nix thi=
ng
> not available on M$.
>
> Anyway, the code that will be written for this project is specific: It ta=
kes
> POP3 and writes it to a file. I like small, targeted tools that work
> together. If I could make *nix work, I'd love it.
>

That is exactly the philosophy of unix. The programs "do one task well"=20
and are composable in pipelines and other arrangements.

Please do carry on with the development project, but if you really=20
wanted to you can run Fetchmail, Procmail, and just about any other=20
Unix/POSIX program under Cygwin (which implements the POSIX API under=20
windows).

If you install Bash under Windows, you basically get a CMD.EXE=20
alternative that gives you a Unix prompt (And a way to run Unix shell=20
scripts).

If you install OpenSSH, you can SSH into your Windows machine and be=20
greeted with a CMD prompt or a Bash '$' prompt with PWD in=20
"C:\Users\whoever" !   And then tunnel port 3389 through the SSH server=20
to reach RDP on the same machine... I setup a friend's remote access=20
this way so the RDP port isn't exposed to the world. (the SSH port is)

The point being that you don't have to run Unix to run Unix programs.  =20
Even graphical programs run with a locally installed Win32 X server.

Cheers!

Joe Koberg AE5NE



http://www.cygwin.com/ "Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.=20
It consists of two parts: 1) A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux=20
API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality.
2) A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel."









> As long as POP3 exists and people want to archive emails, this little
> project should be of use.
>
> I've paid the $250 and expect to have code to test in 5 days. Now the
> question is when will I actually get the time to test it... between taxes=
,
> server crashes at the day job (Do NOT try to run ESET NOD32 for Exchange =
on
> a SBS 2008 server), and the kids going back to school (homeschool, more
> work, not less when the start). Sorry... felt the need to grump. LOL...
>
> --
> James Newton
> 1-970-462-7764
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Koberg [mailto:joe@osoft.us]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 14:10
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Cc: James Newton
> Subject: Re: [OT] piclist.com archive up but no updates or full text sear=
ch
>
>    Fetchmail can run an arbitrary program as its "mail delivery agent",
> and a standard one is "procmail" which will append to a local file.
>
> A worked example can be found here
> http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/97/using-fetchmail-and-pro=
cma
> il-for-maildir-style-storage-from-a-pop3-account/
>
>
>
> Joe Koberg AE5NE
>
> <SNIP>
>
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