On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:14:10PM -0700, Jeff Greene wrote: > Alright, I give up. I need help from you guys. I > cannot figure out how a mail system works on Linux, > specifically for my setup. > > I have a DSL connection and all I want is to be able > to send mails through the command line. For instance, > > % cat mymessage | mutt -s 'Hey' [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't want to set up a SMTP server on my computer > (maybe later). Rather, I want to hand off my mail to > the SMTP server provided by my school. They use SMTP > authentication, I believe, and STARTTLS for SSL > sessions, if that means something to someone. >
You could use nbsmtp (emerge nbsmtp), and configure mutt to use it to talk your ISP's smtp server. Setting this up is described in detail in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-to-mutt.xml. For the impatient: 1) emerge nbsmtp 2) add the following line to your ~/.muttrc file. set sendmail="/usr/bin/nbsmtp -d <your domain> -h <your smtp server> -f <from address>" (With the appropriate substitutions.) - PK > Can someone give me a step-by-step on what I need and > how to set this up. I have nail and mutt emerged and > ssmtp emerged also. I'm not really sure how to put the > two together. > > --Jeff > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
