The short answer: I read it out of the spool directory (direct/personal mail) or the folders where Procmail sorts it (mailing lists, LJ messages, etc.) using /usr/bin/mailx or Mutt on both systems; on my ISP .forward clones a copy (before Procmail filtering/sorting) to a file where a cron script on one of my home machines snatches it via FTP.
The long answer: I'm not entirely certain in what order the system procmailrc and my .forward file are applied; I just know that my personal .procmailrc is applied last. In any case, I'm using old-tech tools and not IMAP or POP. But not quite as old as UUCP.
Re: How does your mail work?
The long answer: I'm not entirely certain in what order the system procmailrc and my .forward file are applied; I just know that my personal .procmailrc is applied last. In any case, I'm using old-tech tools and not IMAP or POP. But not quite as old as UUCP.