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Re: sendmail -> exim -> how to send?



On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 09:50:17PM -0700, david wright wrote:
> I'm new to debian and exim. I am used to sending mail
> via sendmail from the command line, i have tried to do
> this on my new debian installation and have not had
> success. 

Why not use mail or mutt.  Which is normal thing to do for me.

> I have read 'man exim' but did not really find the
> answer i sought, like:
> /usr/sbin/sendmail me@wherever.nut < files.txt
> Also am i able to connect to a pop-server via exim to
> retrieve mail or do i need fetchmail or something
> similiar. ?I would appreciate any commands or config
> info you would provide, thank you.

Yep use fetchmail

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