Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 08:23:04AM -0700, Michael Slouber wrote: > On 09/11/21 01:24PM, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote: > > Thanks very much! I am unable to send mail using postfix. However, > > the same setting makes it work for sylpheed when I simply specify > > localhost:25 in the SMTP server so I think that the postfix is set > > up all right, perhaps. If postfix is configured correctly, and mail submitted via localhost:25 does get delivered, then the default value for mutt's sendmail parameter should also work. What do you mean when you say you are unable to send mail using postfix? Sending mail using postfix means using a mail user agent like mutt which by default submits mail for delivery by invoking postfix's sendmail-compatible /usr/sbin/sendmail program to submit mail to postfix's mail queue, after which postfix will deliver it. What acually goes wrong when you try to send email from mutt with the default setting for the sendmail parameter? > This setting in Muttrc works for me: > > set smtp_url = "smtp://localhost:25" This is intended for using a remote smarthost to send mail through. It shouldn't be necessary for localhost. It works, but it's probably slightly slower because it has to perform the SMTP dialogue. If postfix can deliver mail submitted by mutt this way, it should also be able to deliver mail submitted by mutt the default way. cheers, raf
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
And that does it, thank you!! On to the next task now. On Saturday, September 11, 2021, 10:30:47 AM CDT, Michael Slouber via Mutt-users wrote: On 09/11/21 01:24PM, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote: > Thanks very much! I am unable to send mail using postfix. However, the same > setting makes it work for sylpheed when I simply specify localhost:25 in the > SMTP server so I think that the postfix is set up all right, perhaps. > > Is there a way to explicitly put localhost with port 25 in the send mail? > > Btw, I have not actually managed to set up two accounts with mutt, that is my > next target after resolving this. > > Thanks! > > > > > > > On Saturday, September 11, 2021, 02:24:52 AM CDT, raf wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > > > Thanks! > > > The typical way to submit mail locally is via > /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and > probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: > > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" > > You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. > It's the default. > > Technically, postfix's sendmail binary doesn't use SMTP > (it runs postdrop to add the message to postfix's mail > queue) but that shouldn't matter. It's functionally > equivalent to using SMTP on localhost:25, so you > shouldn't need to care. > > But, if you really have a reason to avoid the default, > more efficient, already working thing, and make > absolutely sure that you are directly connecting to > localhost:25, you should search for a different > sendmail-compatible program that does SMTP to > localhost:25, install it, and then set mutt's sendmail > variable to refer to that: > > In ~/.muttrc: > set sendmail="/path/to/other/sendmail -oem -oi" > > But it sounds very much as though you really don't need > to do this. It sounds like you just need the local mail > server to deliver mail sent from mutt, and if you have > postfix installed locally and configured OK, that will > just happen. > > cheers, > raf > This setting in Muttrc works for me: set smtp_url = "smtp://localhost:25"
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
On 09/11/21 01:24PM, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote: > Thanks very much! I am unable to send mail using postfix. However, the same > setting makes it work for sylpheed when I simply specify localhost:25 in the > SMTP server so I think that the postfix is set up all right, perhaps. > > Is there a way to explicitly put localhost with port 25 in the send mail? > > Btw, I have not actually managed to set up two accounts with mutt, that is my > next target after resolving this. > > Thanks! > > > > > > > On Saturday, September 11, 2021, 02:24:52 AM CDT, raf wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > > > Thanks! > > > The typical way to submit mail locally is via > /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and > probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: > > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" > > You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. > It's the default. > > Technically, postfix's sendmail binary doesn't use SMTP > (it runs postdrop to add the message to postfix's mail > queue) but that shouldn't matter. It's functionally > equivalent to using SMTP on localhost:25, so you > shouldn't need to care. > > But, if you really have a reason to avoid the default, > more efficient, already working thing, and make > absolutely sure that you are directly connecting to > localhost:25, you should search for a different > sendmail-compatible program that does SMTP to > localhost:25, install it, and then set mutt's sendmail > variable to refer to that: > > In ~/.muttrc: > set sendmail="/path/to/other/sendmail -oem -oi" > > But it sounds very much as though you really don't need > to do this. It sounds like you just need the local mail > server to deliver mail sent from mutt, and if you have > postfix installed locally and configured OK, that will > just happen. > > cheers, > raf > This setting in Muttrc works for me: set smtp_url = "smtp://localhost:25"
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
Thanks very much! I am unable to send mail using postfix. However, the same setting makes it work for sylpheed when I simply specify localhost:25 in the SMTP server so I think that the postfix is set up all right, perhaps. Is there a way to explicitly put localhost with port 25 in the send mail? Btw, I have not actually managed to set up two accounts with mutt, that is my next target after resolving this. Thanks! On Saturday, September 11, 2021, 02:24:52 AM CDT, raf wrote: On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote: > Hi, > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > Thanks! The typical way to submit mail locally is via /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. It's the default. Technically, postfix's sendmail binary doesn't use SMTP (it runs postdrop to add the message to postfix's mail queue) but that shouldn't matter. It's functionally equivalent to using SMTP on localhost:25, so you shouldn't need to care. But, if you really have a reason to avoid the default, more efficient, already working thing, and make absolutely sure that you are directly connecting to localhost:25, you should search for a different sendmail-compatible program that does SMTP to localhost:25, install it, and then set mutt's sendmail variable to refer to that: In ~/.muttrc: set sendmail="/path/to/other/sendmail -oem -oi" But it sounds very much as though you really don't need to do this. It sounds like you just need the local mail server to deliver mail sent from mutt, and if you have postfix installed locally and configured OK, that will just happen. cheers, raf
Re: multiple color schemes
On 08Sep21 15:50-0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 04:23:59PM +0300, Oleg A. Mamontov wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 01:20:27AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > > I've always preferred a black letters on white background scheme.
> > > However, after cataract surgery I'm considering using a dark
> > > background scheme.
> > >
> > > Has anyone a technique for defining multiple color schemes and
> > > toggling among them while using mutt?
While talking about colors, I'd like to suggest to have a look at the
solarized color schemes. Configs for those are available for many
programs (from terminal emulators up to e.g. heavy weight GUIs of IDEs).
Primarily, I use rxvt with a simple extension (perl) which switches
the color scheme of the console between solarized-{light,dark}. Thus,
not only mutt, but the entire console is using the same theme; in
particular also vim, while composing the mail.
--
Bastian
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:24:21PM +1000, raf wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > > > Thanks! > > The typical way to submit mail locally is via > /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and > probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: > > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" > > You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. > It's the default. > That's how I run mutt with postfix on my xubuntu system. -- Chris Green
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:24:21PM +1000, raf wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > > > Thanks! > > The typical way to submit mail locally is via > /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and > probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: > > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" > > You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. > It's the default. > > Technically, postfix's sendmail binary doesn't use SMTP > (it runs postdrop to add the message to postfix's mail > queue) but that shouldn't matter. It's functionally > equivalent to using SMTP on localhost:25, so you > shouldn't need to care. > > But, if you really have a reason to avoid the default, > more efficient, already working thing, and make > absolutely sure that you are directly connecting to > localhost:25, you should search for a different > sendmail-compatible program that does SMTP to > localhost:25, install it, and then set mutt's sendmail > variable to refer to that: > > In ~/.muttrc: > set sendmail="/path/to/other/sendmail -oem -oi" > > But it sounds very much as though you really don't need > to do this. It sounds like you just need the local mail > server to deliver mail sent from mutt, and if you have > postfix installed locally and configured OK, that will > just happen. > > cheers, > raf I've probably misunderstood what you are asking. If you have mutt configured for using different accounts, and already have it set up to change hwo it sends mail depending on which account you are looking at, just configure it to use the default sendmail setting above for the account that requires local delivery. If I've still misunderstood, maybe you could show how you are currently configuring mutt to use gmx's SMTP server etc. for the other accounts. cheers, raf
Re: using mutt with postfix and localhost:25
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 05:31:13AM +, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote: > Hi, > > I have an account where I need to send email through localhost > (with port 25). I am using postfix currently, but I do not know > much. Anyway, on sylpheed, I used to say: localhost:25 as the SMTP > server and life was good. So, my question is how do I set it up for > this account to use SMTP server localhost:25? (The other accounts are > personal and will use gmx, etc, SMTP settings). I have been using > postfix because my work email uses postfix as given by my sysadmin (I > think that it changes the relayhost name) and perhps the same can be > done with something like msmtp but i do not know. > > Thanks! The typical way to submit mail locally is via /usr/sbin/sendmail. That's the default in mutt (and probably all other MUAs). The explicit default is: set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi" You shouldn't have to do anything to make this happen. It's the default. Technically, postfix's sendmail binary doesn't use SMTP (it runs postdrop to add the message to postfix's mail queue) but that shouldn't matter. It's functionally equivalent to using SMTP on localhost:25, so you shouldn't need to care. But, if you really have a reason to avoid the default, more efficient, already working thing, and make absolutely sure that you are directly connecting to localhost:25, you should search for a different sendmail-compatible program that does SMTP to localhost:25, install it, and then set mutt's sendmail variable to refer to that: In ~/.muttrc: set sendmail="/path/to/other/sendmail -oem -oi" But it sounds very much as though you really don't need to do this. It sounds like you just need the local mail server to deliver mail sent from mutt, and if you have postfix installed locally and configured OK, that will just happen. cheers, raf
