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POPCHECK(1)							     POPCHECK(1)

NAME
     popcheck - see (and possibly delete) messages waiting on a POP server

SYNOPSIS
     popcheck  [-s  pop3_server] [-u pop3_user] [-p pop3_password] [-o filename]
     [-i filename]

DESCRIPTION
     The command popcheck is a simple program which will let you see a	list  of
     all  messages  waiting  on  a POP server and possibly delete some or all of
     them.

     popcheck can work in interactive mode (default) or in batch mode (-o and -i
     options).

OPTIONS
     The following options are available from the command line:

     -s  Selects the POP mail server.

     -u  Selects the mail account on the mail server.

     -p  Provides the password for accessing the mail account.	If the	password
	 is  not  provided on the command line (recommended, since providing the
	 password on the command line lets other system users  see  it,  eg.  by
	 means of the 'ps' command) the user will be prompted for one.

     -i  Run  in  batch  mode.	 Read a list of messages from specified file and
	 tell the POP server to delete these messages.
	 USE THIS OPTION WITH EXTRA CARE, OR RISK MAIL LOSS.

     -o  Run in batch mode.  Store the collected information  in  the  specified
	 file.

INTERACTIVE OPERATION
     You  are  presented  with	a list of messages and can mark some of them for
     deletion.

     Keys available during interactive operation:
     UP, p	 - Up one line
     DOWN, n	 - Down one line
     PGUP, -	 - Up one page
     PGDN, space - Down one page
     d		 - Mark/Unmark message
     s		 - Exit and save changes
     q		 - Exit without saving anything

BATCH MODE OPERATION
     Run popcheck with the -o switch first to make a textfile with all messages,
     including numbers and sizes.

     Edit this file and remove all lines describing mail you want to keep.

     Make sure the only lines in the file are those  describing  the  mails  you
     want  to REMOVE. Please double-check because there is no turning-back after
     you execute popcheck with the -i switch.

     Run popcheck with the -i switch. All messages matching the message  numbers
     and sizes (in the file) will be removed from the POP server.

CAVEATS
     Please  note  that you run this program on your own risk. It's very easy to
     remove messages that you want to remove, but also to remove  messages  that
     you didn't want to remove. BE CAREFUL.

AUTHOR
     Staffan Hamala <staham@algonet.se>

SEE ALSO
     in.pop3d(8)

								     POPCHECK(1)

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