[mew-int 00566] Re: POP/SMTP Process life

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Dhruva Krishnamurthy <ykd at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 00565] POP/SMTP Process life

>  I start mew with a default POP server. It retrieves the messages
>  in the POP server. When I change the POP user name and type "mew"
>  again, it complains about another process running. 

At the time, POP is running in background. Just a timing problem.

>  I feel there should be a hook function to call user
>  defined methods after completely retrieving the POP mails. I could
>  then add a method to kill the process if it is still alive. 

Use mew-pop-biff-function.

>  Also, is there a way of accessing mails thru a PROXY server needing
>  AUTH from MEW?

I don't understand this. What do you want to do? Is it a standard way?

--Kazu