Install fetchmail and either run fetchmailconf to create a config file
or create one manually. For some reason fetchmailconf isn't working on
my system so I've had to manually create a file. Here is the basics:
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# Configuration created <date> by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "<your user id>"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties ""
set daemon 600
poll <your mail server> with proto POP3 and options uidl
user '<your email account id>' there with password '<your password for
that account>' is '<your user id>' here no keep
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Repeat the "user" line as necisarly changing the applicables to cover
all acounts you have in question. The "no keep" means it deletes from
the server mail it has retrieved. Then edit your .bash_profile so on
the last line it says "fetchmail" (without the " of course). Changes
will take effect next time you log in.
Now after that get sylpheed or pine. In them tell them to retrieve mail
from the local spool and it should have the other info in it that is
reasonably self explanitory. Mutt is a bit more of a pain to set up
than pine. However there are some online tools to create a config file:
http://mutt.netliberte.org/
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:31:43 -0800
Ralph De Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all:
> I am working through my first ever Gentoo Installation. One of my main
> problems now is to set-up my email system. I have read the desktop
> set-up guide and the Posstfix setup manual, but still do not
> understand the process. I see nowhere to place my isp's pop server
> name, my log in id, and password, and the same for my isp;s smtp
> server. Nor do I understand how to make it understand my email address
> of [EMAIL PROTECTED] This setup help is badly needed as my
> spouse wants me and my email off her machine. Can someone help me
> configure postfix and mutt or suggest some other program and help get
> me up and running. After I get this set up and find out wat is broken
> in KDE/Kmail(kmail frezzes about after a minute of use) I would then
> like the mail program to fetch mail and then I would like to use Kmail
> to fetch from my locall program to read, then send outgoing to my
> program where it would be sent on to my isp. Thanks for any help you
> can give.
>
> Ralph
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