Re: how does mutt send?
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:25:17AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
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>
> Anyway, let me tell what I do here for other people who may not have read
> the whole thread. Actually, mutt *can* read POP3 and/or IMAP accounts, if
> it is compiled with proper support (such as Debian's).
>
> In fact, I installed an IMAP server here at my personal computer and have
> mutt read it (I use fetchmail to grab the e-mails from the various accounts
> that I have and procmail+spamassassin to sort the mail to the appropriate
> folders).
>
> The good thing about having an IMAP server installed is that it serves as
> an "agnostic" interface for many MUA's, which means that I can use
> Mozilla's Thunderbird (or any other GUI MUA) when I feel like it (and I
> usually do, for know how things are improving on the Thunderbird project).
>
> For sending e-mail, mutt usually calls the sendmail executable, which is
> today more than an executable: it is so standard that one could call it an
> interface, since it is usually provided by many MTA's like qmail, ssmtp,
> postfix, sendmail itself, among others.
>
> For sending e-mail with mutt, I am currently using a patched qmail
> installation (home-made Debian package with qmail-remote SMTP AUTH patch
> and other recommended patches from qmail.org), but I have msmtp installed
> just in case my stupid ISP has problems relaying my e-mail (I can, then,
> use other accounts for relaying with non-standard ports and encryption
> enabled).
>
> If one does not want a full MTA installed, I'd say that msmtp is the way to
> go. Quite impressed by its versatility.
Thanks for that explanation. When I first posted the question, I didn't
expect such a long-lasting thread with so much useful information. I
have been putting off using mutt for many months as I found it scary,
but now I am already quite at home with it -- so thanks everyone. This
is a great list.
--
richard
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