1999-05-12-03:06:58 Stefan `Sec` Zehl: > 1999-05-11-23:03:53 Patrick Seal: > > How do I configure Mutt to use my smtp server instead of the default local > > sendmail. > mutt doesn't speak smtp. It simly calls an external program to do it. > Per default it uses sendmail (which is quite sensible, sinc you can then > send mail while offline, and instruct sendmail to send it to the outside > as soon as you go online - but it requires you to configure sendmail a > bit), but you can use any other program for it. I recommend Postfix for this application; I find it the easiest MTA to configure. But that's a matter of taste. > There was a mention of a simple 'speak smtp to remote host' program on the > list which would not anything else. The one I've heard about for some time is ssmtp, available from the Debian web site. I have found it in the past by visiting www.debian.org and searching for ssmtp. But I second the recommendation for going with an MTA (like sendmail, or qmail, or postfix); the offline operation is way nicer. -Bennett
