On 1999-06-29 11:10:59 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> Bulk mailing has _nothing_ at all to do with the underlying
> operating system, but with a MUA's configuration.
Nonsense. This should have been "MTA", not "MUA".
7;d like continue using mutt, but as far as I know, it uses sendmail,
> which needs to have open port 50.
Port 25.
> They suggest using Netscape or something similar, which operates
> without using sendmail.
Think about this for a moment. What does Netscape do when it wants to
Ralf Hildebrandt dixit:
~>
~> > > I've been using mutt for 3 months and I like it very much. Now my
~> > > institution forbids us to use Linux computers as mail servers in
~> > > order to prevent bulk mailing.
~>
~> First Law of System Requirements:
~>"Anything is possible if you don't know
Thanks to everyone has help me with the port 50. Perhaps it's not 50 but 25,
what I'm sure is they are preventing access for all Linux machines
except a few.
I'll try what you suggest and I'll tell you if it works. I'm not a Linux
expert, so I 'll take a t
ses
> sendmail, which needs to have open port 50. They suggest using
Port 25.
> Netscape or something similar, which operates without using
> sendmail.
You have several possibilities:
- Continue to run sendmail and just block incoming connections to
port 25 at the packet filter level
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 01:01:01PM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
> > I've been using mutt for 3 months and I like it very much. Now my
> > institution forbids us to use Linux computers as mail servers in
> > order to prevent bulk mailing.
First Law of System Requirements:
"Anything is possible i
t uses sendmail,
> which needs to have open port 50. They suggest using Netscape or something
Huh? What about port 25?
Netscape is using pop or imap for retrieval, but still uses smtp for sending.
If it connects directly to the smtp port on the mail server (does it? I don't
know) there
bulk mailing.
> I'd like continue using mutt, but as far as I know, it uses sendmail,
> which needs to have open port 50. They suggest using Netscape or something
> similar, which operates without using sendmail.
> Anyone can help me? I think there is a way to configure mutt for ma
; I'd like continue using mutt, but as far as I know, it uses sendmail,
> which needs to have open port 50. They suggest using Netscape or something
> similar, which operates without using sendmail.
You can specify the command Mutt should use for mail delivery using the
'sendmail
h needs to have open port 50. They suggest using Netscape or something
similar, which operates without using sendmail.
Anyone can help me? I think there is a way to configure mutt for making
a telnet to the mail server and put the mail on it.
Thanks in advance,
Fernando
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