On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 08:06:23PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2018-02-23, ed...@pettijohn-web.com <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> wrote: > > > > On Feb 22, 2018 9:44 PM, mazocomp <mazoc...@disroot.org> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 08:36:49PM -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > >> > However, with this setup you should be able to just use sendbug(1). > >> > > >> > sendbug will envoke sendmail aka smtpctl and then submit it your local > >> > smtpd > >> > who will then relay it via gmail. > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> Excuse me for ignorant question below. I don't have external server, so > >> I use remote e-mail provider: I configured mutt to fetch mail via IMAP > >> and send mail via SMTP. > >> > >> My question is if I'll use only base utilities (for example, mail(1)), > >> with that configuration I will only be able to send mail, but not > >> receive it, won't I? (I hope there is a way to use mail(1) without > >> having external server) > >> > > > > To my knowledge there is nothing in base to fetch from an imap/pop server. > > However, there are some utilities in ports that do. But if you're > > going to go that route you may as well just use mutt in my humble > > opinion. > > I would recommend fdm (in packages) if you need to fetch from an > IMAP/POP server to a local mail file or maildir. > > For sending via a remote provider you can configure smtpd to handle > SMTP authentication for sending, there's an example in the manual. > >
Thank you! Now it's time to learn fdm and goodbye mutt :)
