E mail?

Erik Heil eheil at patmedia.net
Tue Nov 18 16:02:01 EST 2003


Well, you don't have to use sendmail by any means.  Exim is easier to
configure and has some spam-fighting capabilities.  While you're at it,
check out qmail which is also a very good mta.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darragh" <lists at digitaldarragh.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: E mail?


> I read today that although pop3 access can be done from mutt its very
> difficult and the easiest option is threw fetch mail
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: E mail?
>
>
> > well you don't need fetchmail..at least I think you don't. mut can
> > fetch from pop3 and imap servers.
> > but you do need sendmail.
> > pine is the opisite. you don't need sendmail but you need fetchmail.
> > now most distros come with sendmail or exim pre-configured so you
> > shouldnt have to do that much work.
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:31:17PM
> > -0000, Darragh wrote:
> > > ok, can someone clarify all this?
> > > If I use an E mail application in gnome I only have to configure one
> > > program.  However if I use mutt I have to configure mut, fetchmail and
> > > sendmail.  Is this right?  If so can someone give me any suggestions
on
> the
> > > easiest quickest and most reliable method of configuring these?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > Darragh
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: E mail?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Actually, the term you're looking for is free software, not open
> > > > source. Yes, there's a difference.
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:00:54PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> > > > > just because you can get the sourcecode doesn't always mean it's
> > > > > opensource.
> > > >
> > > > -- 
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> > > >
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> > Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
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