Christopher Faylor wrote: > How about reading /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/email*.README?
Thanks for the RTFM pointer. :-) Here we go (blank lines edited for readability): <CVSENV>2006-05-21 22:39:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/email-2.3.4.README <CVSENV>2006-05-21 22:40:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/exim-4.62-1.README Make several attempts at email-config and exim-config. Here are the final runs: <CVSENV>2006-05-21 23:25:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ email-config Please enter your From: name (e.g., John Doe) [David Christensen]: Please enter your From: email address [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please enter your Reply-to: email address []: Enter 1 to use sendmail or 2 to use a SMTP server [1]: Please enter the sendmail command line [/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i]: Please check the configuration file /etc/email/email.conf for correctness. <CVSENV>2006-05-21 23:28:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ exim-config ************************************************ This script sets some key parameters of the exim installation and starts the exim daemon. See the details in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/exim-X-Y.README. Interrupt with ^D. Mobile User Tmpl:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11124:10513: User Tmpl:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11125:10513: Power User Tmpl:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11126:10513: Administrator Tmpl:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11127:10513: SBS Backup User:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11128:10513: SBS STS Worker:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11129:11119: WARNING: The usernames displayed above contain spaces. They cannot receive mail nor appear in /etc/aliases. Edit /etc/passwd and use identifiers without spaces. OK. The /etc/aliases file contains "postmaster". OK. The primary hostname p3533.holgerdanske.com is already defined in /etc/exim.conf. INFO: Some programs expect /usr/sbin/sendmail to handle mail. Currently it is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/exim. Exim is already installed as a service under account 'LocalSystem'. Do you want to remove or reinstall it? (yes/no) yes OK. The exim service was removed. Do you want to install the exim daemon as a service? (yes/no) yes Enter the period of the queue runner, in minutes: [15] Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: [ntsec notraverse] Do you want to start the exim daemon as a service now? (yes/no) yes OK. The mail daemon is now accepting mail. You can test it with "telnet localhost 25". INFO: The exim log files are in /var/log/exim. When everything else fails, read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/exim-X-Y.README, or look up the documentation on www.exim.org. Many happy mailings :) Adjust McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.0i firewall to allow email.exe and exim-4.62-1.exe to send mail, then continue: <CVSENV>2006-05-21 23:30:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ email -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < foo E-Mail Sent <CVSENV>2006-05-21 23:37:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ tail -n 2 /var/log/exim/exim_main.log 2006-05-21 23:37:03 IZNLL0-0002VG-8I => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T= remote_smtp H=holgerdanske.com [65.19.145.106]* 2006-05-21 23:37:03 IZNLL0-0002VG-8I Completed Check e-mail client for messages -- yup. Thanks! :-) David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/