Re: how does mutt send?
On Nov 30 2004, Sam Watkins wrote:
> I don't think mutt can do its own mail delivery.
> Apparently msmtp is designed precisely for this purpose.
>
> You can put an msmtp binary in your home directory and put
> something like this in .muttrc:
>
> set sendmail="/home/someone/bin/msmtp"
I tend be obsessive with keeping my home directory clean and avoiding many
hidden files there. For this purpose, I put all my mutt configuration files
(including certificates of IMAPS servers and aliases files) under a
directory called .mutt (which mutt reads automatically).
Works fine here for organizing my home directory.
> you need to make a $HOME/.msmtprc file too,
> see the manpage and examples in /usr/share/doc/msmtp
Yes, it is quite easy to use msmtp, with various accounts. Something that I
miss from MacOS X is how to tell the mail system my "location", changing
everything from nameservers to IP address to mail relays. Doing it manually
changing loads of files is a PITA.
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