Andy> What does vm-pop do that pop3 doesn't? Does anyone use Andy> pop3.el with gnus? Are there any other pop access packages? Hi Andy, I use pop3.el of gnus-version "Gnus v5.6.44" with (emacs-version) "XEmacs 21.0 \"Pyrenean-pre4\" [Lucid] (i386-pc-win32) of Tue Oct 13 1998 on TWILIGHT". Excerpt from .gnus: (setq nnmail-pop-password-required t) (setq nnmail-spool-file (list (or (getenv "MAIL") (concat "/usr/spool/mail/" (user-login-name))) (concat "po:" (user-login-name)) )) Excerpt from .emacs: (custom-set-variables <lines deleted by Adrian> '(nnmail-movemail-program (quote nnmail-pop3-movemail)) '(pop3-debug nil t) <lines deleted by Adrian>) nnmail-pop3-movemail does not cache the pop password currently, so I have to type it every time[1]. Lars has promised to implement this in his great pbackend overhaul of Pterodactyl Gnus. Adrian Andy> andy Andy> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy> " .sigs are like your face - rarely seen by you and uglier Andy> than you think" Dr Andy Piper, Technical Architect, Parallax Andy> Solutions Ltd mail: andyp(a)parallax.co.uk web: Andy> www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp Footnotes: [1] It's a good way not to forget your pop password :-) -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail adrian.aichner(a)teradyne.com