Johannes Eriksson wrote: > eric wrote: > > > > Dear Johannes: > > > > When my username of my isp's mailserver different from locallinux username > > or I use root mode to send mail, > > > > the receipient get my return address as my locallinux username, so when they > > autoreply, the reply letter can not reach me. Do you know how to binding so > > the autoreply can reach me. > > > > now I use "mail" or "emacs" rather than pine or mutt? Thanks your email reply, >hope to your help again soon. > > > > Eric Lin /* isp's email address is locallinux email address > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ > > best regard > > I don't know whether you use fetchmail (or something similiar) and read mail > locally or always connect to your ISP's mailserver when reading mail. In the > first case, read the fetchmail-FAQ distributed with the program. If you don't > have a permanent internet connection (like ADSL/SDSL), but connect temporarily > through dial-up PPP or SLIP, this is probably the best solution. > > I use mutt with the following in my .muttrc: > > set spoolfile = {my.mailserver}INBOX > set folder = {my.mailserver} > set imap_user = username > set imap_pass = password > > This allows me to access my mailserver using IMAP. When I send mail from my > local machine, my return address becomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more > information, read the FAQ at http://www.mutt.org and the mutt documentaion. > I don't know how to configure pine in this way (I don't use it). > > The legacy BSD mail program can only be used to read local mail and I would not > really recommended using it. I don't know about emacs mail capabilities, but as > it's primarily a text editor, not a MUA, I guess you'd be better off with pine, > mutt or Netscape Messenger. > > Hope it helps you. > > - > > Johannes Eriksson when I am at root mode /usr/bin/mutt and after setting by your advice, I get To root@localho ( 1) Cron <root@localhost> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly also vi /var/spool/mail/root the last line: Can not open :/var/run/news/shlock7839", Permisson denied hope someone help best regard Eric Lin