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  • From: Neo Sze Wee <neoszewee AT gmx.net>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] ftp problem
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 16:38:26 +0000

On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 01:01:55PM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> > > I also telnet to get my mail from a Unix-type server.
> > > I suppose I could copy anything I wanted to save on my
> > > home computer to my internet directory, wget, and then
> > > delete it, but that seems a bit time-consuming.
> >
> > If you are talking about text, there are several ways to
> > get text saved locally. You could try using 'script'
> > (although that will probably give you lots of text that
> > you don't want). Or you could use a mouse to cut/paste
> > blocks of text from a remote display to a local one.
>
> Could I use 'screen' to do this without a mouse? It has a way to copy
> between screens, meaning I could telnet in one screen and copy to another
> screen, I think. So far I have only tried screen with a text editor in
> each screen.

Why do you want to use ftp to download mails? Is it not tedious?






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