Connecting to ISP's Mail Server with Pine on Linux

[TPFH]

One my dialup ISP they let me have a couple extra POP accounts, but not
extra shell accounts.... I was using Netscape on my Windoze boot but I
don't like Netscape for reading mail.... and I'm using my Linux boot
most of the time since upgrading to Mandrake 6.0 :)

Anyway, I created an account on my linux boot that has the same user name
as the mail account.... but I can't get Pine to get mail from the server.
(I can connect using Kmail but find that almost as annoying as Netscape....)
(btw, anyone know how to configure Netscape so it doesn't delete mail from
the server from just getting the messages....?)

I finally noticed an option in Settup for "FOLDER COLLECTION EDIT" and
I try to edit it to use the remote mail server, and it connects to the
server OK, but it can't create a mailbox:
"CREATE failed: Can't create mailbox node /home/username/: Permission denied"

Do I have to do something as root, or what am I doing wrong?
Should I save it to a folder instead of the mailbox?
(Or should I just pay out $6 more per month to get an extra shell account?)

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[Robin S. Socha]

* TPFH <tp...@io.com.invalid> writes:
> Anyway, I created an account on my linux boot that has the same user
> name as the mail account.... but I can't get Pine to get mail from the
> server.

man fetchmail
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