On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:37:04PM -0700, Steve Cooper wrote: > I'd like to switch from a GUI email client, currently Kmail to a > non-GUI one, either mutt or gnus. I understand the advantages of > doing so, but apparently need some help getting started. > > I think I can deal with most of the configuration issues with patient > manual readings and config file clonings and dorkings. Receiving is > no problem, since I currently run getmail to download mail to my > spool file, and Kmail reads from the spool file, not POP. > > The part I don't understand is the sending part. Right now I just > tell Kmail that my sending protocol is SMTP and my server is > mail.foo.com, and it works. With mutt, and probably gnus, do I have > to have a sendmail-type program configured somehow to do the SMTP for > me? I've been trying to puzzle out exim, with little insight gained. > > A well-aimed kick in the right direction would be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > Steve
You're doing just fine. You just need to set up exim to send mail through a smarthost (mail.foo.com). You should be able to do this with the 'eximconf' or 'eximconfig' (I forget which) script. -Nelson
