On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 04:08:02PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Ok let me get this straight: > > I use a total of three (four) apps to read my mail: (pppd(pon) connects to > > my ISP,) fetchmail gets the mail, passes it on to exim, which sends it to > > the (one and only) user: me, and I finally invoke for example "mail" to read > > and edit mail. > > "mail" is (basically) an editor. > > exim takes care of internal mail (inside my machine, between root and user > > or apps like cron) > > fetchmail handles the connection out-of-the-box (mailwise) > > pppd/pon does the actual connecting bit (dialing and passwording and stuff) > > Please correct a pitiful newbie if he be lead astray from the path of > > righteousness. > > Best Regards > > Vitux > > What you have described is what I understand to be the case. > > Another option is to use two apps: ppp to establish the dial-up > connection, and an email client such as Netscape Messenger to > download/read your mail from your ISP. However, Netscape won't be aware > of internal mail messages such as that generated by cron. Nor is it as > configurable as fetchmail and/or a client such as mutt. > > You could even use fetchmail to download the messages, exim to send it > to you, and then Netscape (as opposed to mail or mutt) to read it. > > In other words, there are several permutations possible, but I think > you've got the general gist of what's going on. >
You could dispense with the fetchmail part if you can get your isp to set up an MX record for you, then they'll deliver directly to exim with smtp. Mike [Private mail welcome, but no need to CC: me on list replies.] -- Michael Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---> Debian GNU/Linux Fan -- http://www.debian.org ---> CenLA-LUG Founder -- http://www.angelfire.com/la2/cenlalug -- It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. -- Voltaire