On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 09:18:47PM -0400, Jacob Kuntz wrote:
> from the secret journal of Joe Copeland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > How do I configure mutt to use another smtp server rather than the sendmail
> > server that's setup by default with redhat?  I want to use my mailserver at
> > 192.168.1.15 instead.
> > 
> 
> Mutt, like almost every other program in the unix world, does not speak
> smtp.

Many Unix MUAs (pine, kmail, etc) do talk SMTP. Heck, the only other unix
MUA I've used that *doesn't* talk SMTP natively is "mail".

> It calls the program sendmail directly and pipes the message to it.  You want
> to install a sendmail replacement designed for this purpose. Look for ssmtp
> on freshmeat.

ssmtp rocks :) Takes about 5 mins to install and then you forget it exists.

--Jeff

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