Re: [SLUG] Mutt Basics
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Matt - wrote: > I also don't understand the local mail server > concept. Is it true that it's common practice to > have a mail server on my system constantly receive > mail and then offer it to my email programs - it > seems like most email programs want to check "local > mail" by default". This is very common practice it's the default on most installations I'd say. Certainly RedHat & friends in any case. This enables you to pick & chose any mail client you care to use and you can keep the exact same mailbox. -- -- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mutt Basics
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 07:14:07PM +1100, Matt - wrote: > I am looking for a brief introduction to Mutt, I > have searched for a few guides on the internet > but am actually still having trouble finding out > how to specify my mail servers. you don't basically. It's true you can make mutt retrieve mail from a pop server (only one though) but don't bother, use fetchmail to do it for you. For doco, have you checked /usr/doc/mutt* on your system? there's manuals and faqs etc that come with it (or see www.mutt.org). Mutt is simply a mail reader. So to do what you want you would normally have 3 programs working together: - fetchmail to retrieve your pop email - mutt to read it and compose email (MUA - mail user agent) - sendmail/postfix/exim/ssmtp (or whatever) to send the email out to your ISP (MTA - mail transfer agent) This is the traditional unix way of having small simple programs each doing a single job well. > I also don't understand the local mail server > concept. Is it true that it's common practice to > have a mail server on my system constantly receive > mail and then offer it to my email programs - it > seems like most email programs want to check "local > mail" by default". yes, in the case I've described above the MTA is your local mail server which receives the email (from fetchmail in this case) and stores it in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail). So fetchmail retrieves the email from your ISP, passes it to your local MTA which stores it in /var/mail ready to be read by your MUA (ie. mutt). Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mutt Basics
"Matt -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi group, > > I am looking for a brief introduction to Mutt, I > have searched for a few guides on the internet > but am actually still having trouble finding out > how to specify my mail servers. I actually find > it a little strange that many program options > are set up from the shell using "environment > variables", for example for rtin: > > NNTPSERVER='news.xyz.com' > export NNTPSERVER > > Why aren't these options available from within > rtin/mutt ? It seems like strange practice .. :) other apps also use these env vars - hence not having to set them all over the place. > > I also don't understand the local mail server > concept. Is it true that it's common practice to > have a mail server on my system constantly receive > mail and then offer it to my email programs - it > seems like most email programs want to check "local > mail" by default". mutt can have POP support built in, but the standard practise is to use a tool like fetchmail to retrieve the mail to your local machine first. mutt then checks somewhere like /var/spool/mail. sending mail requires you run a SMTP server (something simple like ssmtpd which does nothing other than forward to your ISP's mail server should be fine). when you use a more "user friendly" tool like netscape or evolution, they have a built in simple SMTP server for delivering mail to your ISP, and built in POP support for checking mail. cheers! -- Damien Elmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Mutt Basics
Hi group, I am looking for a brief introduction to Mutt, I have searched for a few guides on the internet but am actually still having trouble finding out how to specify my mail servers. I actually find it a little strange that many program options are set up from the shell using "environment variables", for example for rtin: NNTPSERVER='news.xyz.com' export NNTPSERVER Why aren't these options available from within rtin/mutt ? It seems like strange practice .. :) I also don't understand the local mail server concept. Is it true that it's common practice to have a mail server on my system constantly receive mail and then offer it to my email programs - it seems like most email programs want to check "local mail" by default". Matt _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
