Re: Mail-question; Quick One!
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 04:08:02PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> vw@geus.DK wrote:
> >
> > Ok let me get this straight:
> > I use a total of three (four) apps to read my mail: (pppd(pon) connects to
> > my ISP,) fetchmail gets the mail, passes it on to exim, which sends it to
> > the (one and only) user: me, and I finally invoke for example "mail" to read
> > and edit mail.
> > "mail" is (basically) an editor.
> > exim takes care of internal mail (inside my machine, between root and user
> > or apps like cron)
> > fetchmail handles the connection out-of-the-box (mailwise)
> > pppd/pon does the actual connecting bit (dialing and passwording and stuff)
> > Please correct a pitiful newbie if he be lead astray from the path of
> > righteousness.
> > Best Regards
> > Vitux
>
> What you have described is what I understand to be the case.
>
> Another option is to use two apps: ppp to establish the dial-up
> connection, and an email client such as Netscape Messenger to
> download/read your mail from your ISP. However, Netscape won't be aware
> of internal mail messages such as that generated by cron. Nor is it as
> configurable as fetchmail and/or a client such as mutt.
>
> You could even use fetchmail to download the messages, exim to send it
> to you, and then Netscape (as opposed to mail or mutt) to read it.
>
> In other words, there are several permutations possible, but I think
> you've got the general gist of what's going on.
>
You could dispense with the fetchmail part if you can get your isp
to set up an MX record for you, then they'll deliver directly to
exim with smtp.
Mike
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