Please help me switch to a non-GUI email client
I'd like to switch from a GUI email client, currently Kmail to a non-GUI one, either mutt or gnus. I understand the advantages of doing so, but apparently need some help getting started. I think I can deal with most of the configuration issues with patient manual readings and config file clonings and dorkings. Receiving is no problem, since I currently run getmail to download mail to my spool file, and Kmail reads from the spool file, not POP. The part I don't understand is the sending part. Right now I just tell Kmail that my sending protocol is SMTP and my server is mail.foo.com, and it works. With mutt, and probably gnus, do I have to have a sendmail-type program configured somehow to do the SMTP for me? I've been trying to puzzle out exim, with little insight gained. A well-aimed kick in the right direction would be most appreciated. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Cooper Redmond, WA (For witty remark see attached microdot-.)
Re: Please help me switch to a non-GUI email client
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:37:04PM -0700, Steve Cooper wrote: I'd like to switch from a GUI email client, currently Kmail to a non-GUI one, either mutt or gnus. I understand the advantages of doing so, but apparently need some help getting started. I think I can deal with most of the configuration issues with patient manual readings and config file clonings and dorkings. Receiving is no problem, since I currently run getmail to download mail to my spool file, and Kmail reads from the spool file, not POP. The part I don't understand is the sending part. Right now I just tell Kmail that my sending protocol is SMTP and my server is mail.foo.com, and it works. With mutt, and probably gnus, do I have to have a sendmail-type program configured somehow to do the SMTP for me? I've been trying to puzzle out exim, with little insight gained. A well-aimed kick in the right direction would be most appreciated. Thanks, Steve You're doing just fine. You just need to set up exim to send mail through a smarthost (mail.foo.com). You should be able to do this with the 'eximconf' or 'eximconfig' (I forget which) script. -Nelson
Re: Please help me switch to a non-GUI email client
on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 02:47:28PM -0500, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:37:04PM -0700, Steve Cooper wrote: I'd like to switch from a GUI email client, currently Kmail to a non-GUI one, either mutt or gnus. I understand the advantages of doing so, but apparently need some help getting started. I think I can deal with most of the configuration issues with patient manual readings and config file clonings and dorkings. Receiving is no problem, since I currently run getmail to download mail to my spool file, and Kmail reads from the spool file, not POP. The part I don't understand is the sending part. Right now I just tell Kmail that my sending protocol is SMTP and my server is mail.foo.com, and it works. With mutt, and probably gnus, do I have to have a sendmail-type program configured somehow to do the SMTP for me? I've been trying to puzzle out exim, with little insight gained. A well-aimed kick in the right direction would be most appreciated. Thanks, Steve You're doing just fine. You just need to set up exim to send mail through a smarthost (mail.foo.com). You should be able to do this with the 'eximconf' or 'eximconfig' (I forget which) script. Note that you can test this configuration under your present mailer (KMail) by telling it to use your local delivery agent (exim) rather than your ISP. Once you get exim set up properly (and it's pretty damned easy), you can roll out mutt and test it, then rock'n'roll. I'll send a slightly modified version of my muttrc in a separate mail. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpdgR85tbasu.pgp Description: PGP signature
