(OT sorta ) Re: question about hostname FOLLOWUP: EXIM
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:04:51PM -0500, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 'kay, important things first: what is that there furshlugginer "HTH"? I
> notice lots o' people usin' it. :)
HTH :== hope that helps
>
> I went onto the #debian channel on openprojects.net IRC and asked around
> about the exim/fetchmail thing. Was told to add this to my .fetchmailrc file:
>
> with mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"
>
> ... and now it works. Or seems to.
>
> But I must know: WHY does it work? And is procmail REPLACING exim, or some
> other part of the quilt? How to sort out sendmail/exim/procmail/fetchmail
> and the slew of names ...
Hmmm. ROFL. This is how I think the scheme works. Sendmail and Exim
are what are known as MTA's (mail transport agents) . One can choose
sendmail or exim to do the same thing. So no, procmail is not replacing
exim. Actually procmail is not really needed but is nice to have as
a way of doing what the name implies , processing mail. In my case
(I use procmail as well) it acts as a go between Exim and fetchmail.
Procmail is actually quite versatile and can be used as an mda (mail
delivery agent ) and the like... The -d arg is a recipient flag. Don't
know what the %T does exactly wrt recpient. Now I'd like to know about
that one. Fetchmail is best described as a program which retrieves
your mail off of your ISP's mail server. If you're really into
fetchmail , goto
http://www.tuxedo.org/%7Eesr/fetchmail/fetchmail%2DFAQ.html
Lots of stuff about mutt there also. And I think your error message
was due to using localhost which may be 127.0.0.1 (sort of the network
equivalent of /dev/null) I had to use
/usr/etc/route add -host host.infected.codered.com gw 127.0.0.1
to keep my webserver logs from filling up a while back...
>
> I crave me some clarity. Gotta go read some manpages.
>
Yuppers, I think I could spend a lifetime trying to learn all there
is to know about email. So many options/programs etc.
There's also stuff in /usr/doc/procmail etc. as well.
You may also wish to visit http://www.intp.org. I have a hunch you
may well be one of us... The "But I must know: WHY does it work?"
is a real tipoff.
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Cliff
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