Good afternoon Thank You for Email and Help. Do Aug 29 18:36:00 2013
Am 14.08.2013 11:37, schrieb Cameron Simpson:> On 14Aug2013 09:23, [email protected] <mailto:highskywhy%40yahoo.de> > <[email protected] <mailto:highskywhy%40yahoo.de>> wrote: > | | > Yes. I use mutt myself, also text based. > | | * > | | Is there a homepage with a detailed manual for mutt? > | > | www.mutt.org > | > | I was reading: > | Mutt doesn't talk smtp > > No longer the case. * Thank You. Is there a new manual? > > | Is there a textbased software > | for > | pickup emails pop > | and > | send emails smtp. > > Yes to both. * Thank You. > > Firstly, if you fetch mutt-1.5.21 from http://www.mutt.org/download.html, > unpack it and run: > > ./configure --help * OK > > you'll see it has many optional parts. Running configure with the > --enable-smtp option will make the built mutt capable delivering > email directly with SMTP. * OK > > Likewise there are --enable-pop and --enable-imap for fetching > email, and many other options. Also, the versions of mutt shipped > with most Linux distributions will be compiled with many of these > options turned on. * Ok > > Therefore, Scott's instructions for SMTP setup will probably work > for the mutt that comes with your Linux distribution. * Ok > > However, mutt was originally written to live in a larger ecosystem, > and many of us do not use its pop or smtp features directly. * What does mean directly? > > Instead, we run a separate program to collect email, usually using > POP. Programs such as fetchmail and getmail are common choices for > this. I run "getmail" regularly to collect my email and deliver it > to my "spool" folder. (And run a mail filing program to move messages > out of there into various mail folders for various lists etc.) >* So to use other programs than mutt is common? What is the most easy software for: software www.mailsme.org idme passwortme pop and all emails are in one directory. And: software www.mailsme.org idme passwortme smtp send to [email protected] file:mywords.txt (every email send one line in terminal) So this would be an easy email way. Isnt it? > Likewise, we do not always send email directly using SMTP with mutt. > If you're a "client" user then SMTP is a natural choice, but it > doesn't work when you're offline (nowhere to deliver your email). * Ok > > Instead, we run a real mail system on our machines: exim, postfix, > qmail and sendmail are the common choices here. Your Linux system > will come with one of these preinstalled (but not very configured). >* Ok > _All_ of these provide a command called "sendmail" whose purpose > is to accept an email message and queue it in the mail system. Mutt > (by default) expects to send messages that way. The mail system > itself will take care of delivery. This has the advantage that you > can compose and dispatch messages while offline, and not worry. The > mail system will catch up when it is next online. > > Of course, this still leaves you with the need to configure the > mail system for SMTP; the default will expect to do direct delivery, > and most consumer ISPs do not permit that these days; they expect > you to deliver to their SMTP server. * Thank You for the long description. Regards Sophie ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
