Re: [OT] general mail questions

2007-07-20 Thread Wayne Topa
Tyler Smith([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, > > I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim > on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that > my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the server to mutt. > For example,

Re: [OT] general mail questions

2007-07-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/07 17:53, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim > on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that > my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the ser

Re: [OT] general mail questions

2007-07-20 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:53:17PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim > on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that > my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the server to mutt. > For examp

[OT] general mail questions

2007-07-20 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the server to mutt. For example, if I check my email via the webmail webpage without starting fetchmai

Re: Mail questions

2003-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 07:25:42PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 01:11 GMT, Reaz Baksh penned: > > > > I now have a few questions: > > 1) when I issue the fetchmail command as above, is fetchmail passing > > the mail to exim4 to deliver it to the mail

RE: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Reaz Baksh
> -Original Message- > From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reaz Baksh writes: > > 2) I have 3 domains on this Debian box and all the mail is forwarded to > > my ISP email address which fetchmail logs into. I did the forwarding > > through my DNS. How do I set this system up

Re: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread John Hasler
Reaz Baksh writes: > 2) I have 3 domains on this Debian box and all the mail is forwarded to > my ISP email address which fetchmail logs into. I did the forwarding > through my DNS. How do I set this system up to drop the mail that > fetchmail retrieves into mailboxes based on Domain and User? I

Re: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 01:11 GMT, Reaz Baksh penned: > > I now have a few questions: > 1) when I issue the fetchmail command as above, is fetchmail passing > the mail to exim4 to deliver it to the mail box, or is it delivering > it on its own? Fetchmail does not deliver mail on its own; it passes

Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Reaz Baksh
Hello Hope some would be kind to help me with this. As you will notice I'm new to this. I have a Debian unit with fetchmail, exim4 and procmail installed. Everything is setup and all seems to work fine. I can receive mail if I were to use the following: fetchmail -k -v I use -k just to be safe

Re: tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:41:58PM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've saved some up for ya. > > Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp > server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would > it be? (I have exim) I recommend you to read the exc

Re: tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread lexchive
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:41:58PM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've saved some up for ya. > > Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp > server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would > it be? (I have exim) > Just use localhost as your s

tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread tf
Hey guys, I've saved some up for ya. Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would it be? (I have exim) someone posted somthing about getting a pop server, too, but I'm not clear on that, either. I on

Re: e-mail questions

1998-03-18 Thread shaul
Try looking at exmh and xmail to have a nice X front end. fetchmail may be used to bring the mail from your ISP. > I am using a modem and ppp to login to my ISP. What is a good setup for > e-mail??? Currently I use NS4's e-mail but it is a little buggy and > crashes often. I would like to have

Re: e-mail questions

1998-03-18 Thread David Stern
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:54:35 EST, Shaleh wrote: > I am using a modem and ppp to login to my ISP. What is a good setup for > e-mail??? Currently I use NS4's e-mail but it is a little buggy and > crashes often. I would like to have a nice X front end. I currently > recieve between 250 and 350 e-m

Re: e-mail questions

1998-03-18 Thread Nathan C. Burnett
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Shaleh wrote: > I am using a modem and ppp to login to my ISP. What is a good setup for > e-mail??? Currently I use NS4's e-mail but it is a little buggy and > crashes often. I would like to have a nice X front end. I currently > recieve between 250 and 350 e-mails a day a

e-mail questions

1998-03-17 Thread Shaleh
I am using a modem and ppp to login to my ISP. What is a good setup for e-mail??? Currently I use NS4's e-mail but it is a little buggy and crashes often. I would like to have a nice X front end. I currently recieve between 250 and 350 e-mails a day and am logged in via modem sporadically at be

Re: Help with Mail Questions...

1998-01-02 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin J Poorman) writes: > Hi, > > I would Like to set up My computer to be able to send and recive > mail (with a twist)... I would like to be able to upload and > download mail only once a day ... (around 2 in the morning) so my > mail would proably have to be up/downloaded t

RE: Help with Mail Questions...

1998-01-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
On 31-Dec-97 Kevin J Poorman wrote: >Hi, > >I would Like to set up My computer to be able to send and recive mail >(with a twist)... I would like to be able to upload and download mail >only once a day ... (around 2 in the morning) so my mail would proably >have to be up/downloaded to a local mail

Re: Help with Mail Questions...

1998-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Kevin J Poorman wrote: > Hi, > > I would Like to set up My computer to be able to send and recive mail > (with a twist)... I would like to be able to upload and download mail > only once a day ... (around 2 in the morning) so my mail would proably > have to be up/downloaded t

Help with Mail Questions...

1998-01-01 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Hi, I would Like to set up My computer to be able to send and recive mail (with a twist)... I would like to be able to upload and download mail only once a day ... (around 2 in the morning) so my mail would proably have to be up/downloaded to a local mail spool ? .. Is this Even Possible? ... I kn

Re: daft mail questions

1997-11-30 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, John Spence wrote: > I'm using fetchmail and sendmail and they seem to work. However when i > threw Smail away and ran deselect to install Sendmail, the dependency > information said that I needed "deliver". I had already installed > procmail and thought that procmail was the

daft mail questions

1997-11-30 Thread John Spence
Hi all. Let me see if I have this right. I'm using fetchmail and sendmail and they seem to work. However when i threw Smail away and ran deselect to install Sendmail, the dependency information said that I needed "deliver". I had already installed procmail and thought that procmail was the logic

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread dthayer
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have anacount on Netcom that I hav historically used as my primary > mail receipt/reading/sending place. The response over the net has > become pretty bad for interactive use, and the Netcom version of elm > doesn't understand MIME

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread George Bonser
us.com when online with a > static IP assigned --- ping 199.1.12.165 to see if I am online and check > IRC #Debian if I am) > > On 16 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding: > __ Re: POP mail questions __ > > > > > In you /etc/smail/config file append

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-18 Thread gvl
static IP assigned --- ping 199.1.12.165 to see if I am online and check IRC #Debian if I am) On 16 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding: __ Re: POP mail questions __ > > In you /etc/smail/config file append together.net to your hostnames= line > thusly: >

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Would you or anyone know how I could implement a rule so that > smail (or whatever program handles this sort of thing) would rewrite > any outgoing messages to correct the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to become > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (together.net is of course

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread George Bonser
Concentric will not allow mail carrying a From: address outside its network and a To: address outside its network. SO if the mail was From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], CNC will refuse it as it looks suspiciously like a relay attempt. Also, the rules are different depending on wh

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread Mark W. Blunier
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, George Bonser wrote: > > > 3. Can the downlaoding tool also be used to uplaod mail to my Betcom > > > account? > > > > > No, but smtp will do that for you. > > Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This > is because if you have dynami

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-17 Thread George Bonser
In you /etc/smail/config file append together.net to your hostnames= line thusly: hostnames=gologotha:whatever-else-you-have:together.net then add the following new config parameter: visible_name=together.net That should do it but the visible name must also appear in the hostnames line. >

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Alex Yukhimets
>What I get a problem is that some mail programs put my local machine's > hostname (golgotha) into the message header thus making the message appear > from/reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Of course, since that isn't in > anyone's DNS any messages replied to will bounce. > >Would you or anyo

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Randy Edwards
> 1.2 had popclient. I notice that dselect now shows this as obsolete and > fetchpop is shown on the dselect list. Just a minor correction Bob, as I've travelled over this same road that Stan is considering; the "fetch mail from a pop site" that 1.3 now has is called fetchmail. I've played

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Randy Edwards
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, George Bonser wrote: If you don't mind a related question George (and to anyone else who knows:-)... > Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This > is because if you have dynamic IP, your claimed hostname might not equal > your reverse DNS l

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Stan" == Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> What I would like to do is contimue to use my Netcom Stan> address, download my mail for local reading, and uplad Stan> outgoing mail such that it still show Netcom as the point of Stan> origin. Yes yes... uh huh

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > 2. If so what should I use for a POP clien? Remeber I want the mail > >to be downlaoded on demand and placed in my ocalk mail spool area. > > > 1.2 had popclient. I notice that dselect now shows this as obsolete and > fetchpop is shown on

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > 2. If so what should I use for a POP clien? Remeber I want the mail > to be downlaoded on demand and placed in my ocalk mail spool area. I think the answer that you want is what the others have replied. fetchmail, etc. However, the phrase

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread George Bonser
> > > 3. Can the downlaoding tool also be used to uplaod mail to my Betcom > >account? > > > No, but smtp will do that for you. Note that if you use SMTP, you should use your ISP as your smarthost. This is because if you have dynamic IP, your claimed hostname might not equal your rev

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have anacount on Netcom that I hav historically used as my primary > mail receipt/reading/sending place. The response over the net has > become pretty bad for interactive use, and the Netcom version of elm > doesn't understand MIME

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Brown) writes: > 1. Is POP a good way to do this? Half of it anyway. To retrieve your mail, you probably want to use fetchmail. See "man fetchmail" for more info than you could probably want. For sending mail, you have a variety of options ranging in complexity, b

Re: POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > What I would like to do is contimue to use my Netcom address, download > my mail for local reading, and uplad outgoing mail such that it still > show Netcom as the point of origin. > > I have a couple of questions about this. > >

POP mail questions

1997-06-16 Thread Stan Brown
I have anacount on Netcom that I hav historically used as my primary mail receipt/reading/sending place. The response over the net has become pretty bad for interactive use, and the Netcom version of elm doesn't understand MIME. What I would like to do is co