outgoing smtp and mutt

[Thomas Stivers]

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On 10/26/03  9:47 AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
 
> I know that you can setup pine to directly send mail via a specific
> smtp server, rather then through the mail system on the local
> machine. I was wondering if this is possible with mutt as well? I've
> looked through the Muttrc file, and didn't see an option for that
> anywhere.

The mutt developers are firm believers in one tool for one task. That is
to say that you need an MTA to send mail to an smtp server. Mutt does
not speak the smtp protocol. There are many MTA's for many purposes all
the way from ssmtp and nullmailer to *shudder* sendmail. 

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carefully than others.
Thomas Stivers	e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org	gpg: 45CBBABD
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