also sprach Lambrecht Joris (on Wed, 04 Jul 2001 03:35:11AM +0000):
> In a fit of rage (they just shouldn't have said those things out
> loud) i moved from win2k to linux for 'almost' everything i do on my
> computer.
congratulations. it's really the way to go, and just you wait, in a
week or two, you aren't going to believe you used windoze anymore.
> Scanning (canon d660u) is still a problem because Canon refuses to
> share information with Linux developers. Anyone looking to buy a
> scanner ?-P
have you signed up for the sane mailing list? i know scanning is a big
topic and a source of problems, but its getting better by the day.
> Sendmail is still bothering me (frustrating is more correct by now).
> All the fetched mail ends up in /var/mail/root (i know it ain't wise
> but that's what i do for now, i'm carefull enough to take the risk).
> Great. But i cannot send any mail although i've set-up sendmail
> repeadetly with different iterations of what i think is the right
> config. I've used sendmailconfig to no avail, even dared poking at
> the sendmail.mc file. There are NO networking problems, this is
> purely a sendmailconfiguration problem. But i cannot get sendmailto
> the send something to the outside world. Tried a number of
> configurations but i'm running out of patience by now.
you should start using exim and kick sendmail. it's a lot easier to
configure. just do 'apt-get install exim' as root and the system will
replace sendmail with exim.
do you know SMTP and how mail works, what MTA's (mail transfer agents,
like sendmail and exim) and MDA's (mail delivery agents, like procmail
(but also sendmail)) are and how they interact. do you know about
relaying and that jazz? if not, go ahead and ask. we'll be happy to
help.
> Any hints on what i might be overlooking ? I don't want to get stuck
> with some mailclient eating up my mail without a chance to export it
> later on . . . hence i chose the fetchmail/sendmail combo.
what do you have? a system that you simmply want to use for fetchmail?
that's not hard at all, and any of the MTA's that ship with debian
should be able to do that out of the box. i think your problem might
be with the .fetchmailrc, so why don't you blank out the password
stored in it and send it over to me?
> Also, i want to import my OE mail and adress book into my Linux
> system, any good hints on what software/procedure to use ?
the best way i found is setting up an IMAP server, using a windoze
machine (or vmware) to upload all your mail to the IMAP server, and
the fetchmail to download it all. i know this is weird, but it's the
most reliable way i found when i had the same problem.
are you connected 24/7? because then i'd be happy to give you an IMAP
account so you don't have to set up your own server, although it would
be good practice.
> As for mailclients on X11. I have tested Mahogany
> (mahogany.sourceforge.net), CSCMail (www.cscmail.net) , Spruce
> (spruce.sourceforge.net) but none of them look satisfying for the
> time being. To slow, to unstable, to barebones ... I'm not really
> fond of MUTT but am using it in the meantime, i need that daily
> dose.
mutt is awkward in the beginning, but after a while it's better than
anything else. seriously, it's just so powerful and easy to use that i
almost suggest you continue sticking with it and wait these 2 weeks it
takes until you are a pro with mutt! again, ask anything you are
unsure about, even if the question seems stupid! only questions that
aren't asked are stupid questions!
> Leaves me very little choice. The only two i haven't tested yet are
> Evolution (http://www.ximian.com/evolution) and Postoffice
> (www.tarball.net) wich looks pretty cool but didn't work right away.
> Again, any and all suggestions are welcome.
i can't help you, although you might want to look at Balsa too. But X
Mail clients are not going to reach "up" to the "comfort" of Outlook
Express... no yet. mutt does.
cheers,
martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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