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Csanyi Pal
2005-05-21
2013-04-05
  • Csanyi Pal

    Csanyi Pal - 2005-05-21

    I don't know how to run the unixmail-bin-0.6.bat file.
    I open the Command Prompt window, change the
    directory to that that contain the unixmail-bin-0.6.bat file,
    and at prompt write: unixmail-bin-0.6.bat
    and hit Enter, but the Command Prompt window disappers.
    How can I run the unixmail-bin-0.6.bat file?
    My system is Windows 2000.

     
    • wildcatherder

      wildcatherder - 2008-05-02

      This was never made very clear to me but apparently you have to run it in a Cygwin window.
      Of course, that doesn't work.
      You also have to create a dummy file (also called a "no-op") called "#.exe" in the
      Windows System Directory (it is where your system32 directory resides, underneath the WinNT directory in Win2000, if I remember.
      Then you have to add a line to the the top of the batch file (and if you use Word or another formatting text editor IT WILL RUIN THE FILE by adding format codes) using a pure ASCII editor.  The line to add is

      #! c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c

      then you save the file e.g. c:\unixmail-bin-0.6.bat
      then you run it in the Cygwin windows at the $ prompt
      $ c:/unixmail-bin-0.6.bat   
      NOTE WELL the FORWARD slash, not backslash.

      Then...it doesn't work.  I get "this does not look like a tar archive" error.

      So good luck.  I've posted a question about this but don't hold out much luck.  Anything that might be helpful seems to have "expired" off the NET years ago.

       
    • Chouser

      Chouser - 2008-05-03

      I believe everything included in unixmail is now available directly (probably with much newer versions) from cygwin.  Try just installing cygwin, and in the cygwin package manager pick what you want: mutt, fetchmail, procmail, etc.

       
      • wildcatherder

        wildcatherder - 2008-05-03

        I seriously, definitely, gratefully appreciate your rapid response to this post.  I have been banging my head on this POP3 to Exchange Server 2003 thing for several days.  I knew the solution had migrated but could not figure where.

         

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