Re: how does mutt send?

[richard@the-place.net]

> On Tuesday, 23.11.2004 at 20:31 -0000, richard@the-place.net wrote:
>
>> WHen I compose a message in mutt and hit Y, it says "Sending
>> message..." and waits, apparently not sending anything until I hit Q.
>> SO what does mutt do at this point?  I must have to configure
>> something, but I'm unclear what.
>>
>> System is sid with exim4.  Mutt is receiving imap from a remote
>> system.  Sending mail normally from command line functions correctly
>> AFAICS.
>
> The other replies in this thread are telling you what you probably
> already know: Mutt uses the local MTA to send mail out.
>
> Is Exim definitely running?  What happens when you do:
>
> telnet 127.0.0.1 25
>
> Do you get an Exim banner come up?

Yes, I get
220 potty.co-ho.net ESMTP Exim 4.34 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:27:09 +0000>

>
> When you say "Sending mail normally from command line functions
> correctly", what exactly do you mean?  It is possible that the
> command(s) you issue are not invoking the MTA, especially if it results
> in local delivery.

No, I can do 'mail someone@anotherdomain.tld

and it is sent, arrives normally, and appears in the exim4 mainlog,
thus:
2004-11-23 22:30:18 1CWjAv-0005AL-U4 => someone@there.tld R=smarthost
T=remote_smtp_smarthost H=smtp.onetel.net [212.67.120.126]

But when I composed this reply in mutt (actually it's vim that is opened
in mutt), and tried to send it, nothing happened, and nothing showed up in
the exim log.  Should there be a setting in the /etc/Muttrc or ~/.muttrc
that should specify how to send? I grepped for 'exim' in both and found
nothing.

So I am sending this again from squirrelmail.
-- 
richard