Re: Exim4 woes, esmtp package, mailx (was "do I have to use Exim?")

2005-08-22 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 01:12:38PM -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > In my zeal to find something simpler for what I wanted to do, I managed > to mess up my system to the point where I will format my disks and > re-install sarge again. Then I will stick to exim, as it is the default > for confir

Re: Exim4 woes, esmtp package, mailx (was "do I have to use Exim?")

2005-08-22 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:10:29AM -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: >> I am migrating from Woody to Sarge. In Woody, the initial install got >> internal email to work "out of the box." What do I mean by this? I mean >> you could set up multiple logins, and from one, you cou

Re: Exim4 woes, esmtp package, mailx (was "do I have to use Exim?")

2005-08-22 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:10:29AM -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > I am migrating from Woody to Sarge. In Woody, the initial install got > internal email to work "out of the box." What do I mean by this? I mean > you could set up multiple logins, and from one, you could type in the > command "m

Exim4 woes, esmtp package, mailx (was "do I have to use Exim?")

2005-08-22 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Reading over the thread I have to hope that I did sound as if I were knocking Exim. I am sure it is a fine mailer. It just is not working. I am migrating from Woody to Sarge. In Woody, the initial install got internal email to work "out of the box." What do I mean by this? I mean you could s

Re: Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between=20 > /var/mail spools? I recommend that you install postfix. apt-get install --purge postfix Then when it asks you for the configuration use this one: Local delivery only - You are not on a network. Mai

Re: Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 08:20:20AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:54:39PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > > Then, edit /etc/email-addresses and add an entry like > > > > localusername: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Interesting. What's the relationship between this and >

Re: Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:54:39PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > Then, edit /etc/email-addresses and add an entry like > > localusername: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Interesting. What's the relationship between this and /etc/aliases ? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
I replaced Exim with the esmtp package. There were a couple of config changes I had to make with Fetchmail and Procmail, but nothing major, It is definitely much lighter and easier to use. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio ex

Re: Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 05:19:59AM -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > Hrmm, looks like the best thing to do is explain what I am trying to > do, and see if I get an opinion on how to do it best. Let's try this > again. > > Exim looks like it can do anything, but also looks incredibly complex, >

Re: Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Hans du Plooy
Scott Fitzgerald wrote: Exim looks like it can do anything, but also looks incredibly complex, Ha ha, wait untill you see sendmail... I have another login on my box which is my girlfriends. I know how to set kmail to read /var/mail/"username" so I want to know, what is the simplest way I c

Do I have to use exim?

2005-08-21 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Hrmm, looks like the best thing to do is explain what I am trying to do, and see if I get an opinion on how to do it best. Let's try this again. Exim looks like it can do anything, but also looks incredibly complex, like learning a computer language on it's own. I am looking to avoid spendin

Re: Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-20 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:21:20 -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off > my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server. So this does work, right ? > what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between > /var/mail spools? S

Re: Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-20 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 09:21:20PM -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between > /var/mail spools? > > And if the answer is "exim is the simplest" then tell me, how can I do > without an MTA? (I have, BTW, fooled around with the "deliver" packa

Re: Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-20 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off > my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server. This thing's documentation > is just too complex for my needs. > > what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between

Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-20 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server. This thing's documentation is just too complex for my needs. what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between /var/mail spools? And if the answer is "exim is the s