Use popclient which should be available from MkArchives or mklinux.apple.com.
To download your mail you need to type the following:

popclient -3 -u (username) -p (password) /var/spool/mail/(login name) (mail server name)

The man page is actually pretty useful.  You should be able to add a few
lines to your crontab file to automate the process.  I have the command
aliased in my .bashrc to 'getmail' and that suits me just fine.  

							Ken Whiteman
							whiteman@pacifier.com


Fetchmail , available from http://www.ccil.org:80/~esr/esr-freeware.html#fetchmail
is the continuation of popclient.  It supports more protocols (like IMAP) and
supports a .fetchmailrc file so you can type stuff like:

$ fetchmail
and get your email :).

                                                         Marc Matteo
                                                         mmatteo@sacbee.com