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diff --git a/contrib/PopDel.manual b/contrib/PopDel.manual new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa5afc8d --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/PopDel.manual @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +PopDel.py Manual Page +author: Richard Harris +email: rover@emptydog.com + +If you downloaded this Python app from the author's +site or from a regular download site such as Simtel, +the author still supports it and is happy to answer +questions by email. +See PopDel.py and COPYING for license information. +See http://emptydog.com for more of the author's work. + +--------------files + +PopDel.py +PopDel.manual (This file.) +COPYING (The GNU license file.) + +--------------usage + +python PopDel.py your.pop.server username password + +----------------use + +PopDel stands for Pop Delete; this program deletes selected email from a +pop mail server. I use fetchmail with a size limit of around 142k. +Anything bigger than that triggers a fetchmail oversize message. This +program is used to look at the subject lines in the mail headers on the +server and lets you delete all those lovely, large MSOffice virus +products. + +Run this app as above in a console. You get a numbered list of +messages. Enter a number to delete or q to quit. When you quit you can +confirm changes and send the quit confirmation to the pop server or +abort. + +What could be simpler. After deletion, I run fetchmail without the size +limit and pull down that Sandra Bullock trailer that turns out to be a +virus anyway. But who cares, Linux is tougher than viruses. + +-------------caveats + + + |