Hi rfg, > even though this may turn out to be a "support" type question.
Not a problem. https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers says All the chat amongst nmh users, new and old, happens here, as does discussion amongst the developers about the future direction of nmh. > mts: smtp > servers: localhost ... > post: problem initializing server; [BHST] Connection to "localhost" > failed: Connection refused > send: message not delivered to anyone This error from post(8) could do with stating the attempted port. It's a bit of a twisty path through the documentation. mts.conf(5) says for `servers' It is not possible to change the mail submission port number in the servers entry; see the -port switch to send(1) for this functionality. send(1) lists `-port port-name/number' in the Synopsis but doesn't define it. You have to pick up on the Most of the features attributed to send are actually performed by post. to read post(8) where you'll find The default server is set with servers in /etc/nmh/mts.conf, and the default port is submission, 587. Port 587 is the `submission' port. It sounds like your Postfix isn't listening on that so you need a `post: -port 25' in your ~/.mh_profile. The NEWS file in the source mentions the change. Perhaps it's installed somewhere by FreeBSD. $ grep 587 NEWS - post now defaults to port 587 on 'smtp' message submission. $ -- Cheers, Ralph. -- nmh-workers https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers