Re: Relation(exim,fetchmail,mutt)=?

[Timmy Douglas <tdouglas@home.com>]

Debian User <tony@the-sphere.org> said:
>Can someone explain what's the relation between exim, fetchmail
>and mutt or any other reader? If fetchmail fetches it, then why
>the servers have to be defined again for exim or mutt?

fetchmail gives received mail to exim
exim gives received mail to procmail
procmail gives received mail to /var/spool/mail/blah etc.

mutt reads /var/spool/mail/blah etc.

mutt pipes sent mail to /usr/lib/sendmail etc.
/usr/lib/sendmail etc. pipes to exim
exim sends mail to another host