Am 2005-03-28 13:36:14, schrieb geoffthur@ntlworld.com: > Hello list, > > I've switched to using mutt, but I can't get it to send emails. It's a > new install of sarge, and is bang up to date. Kmail does send emails - > including this one. I don't seem to be able to send local mail either - Question: Does 'kmail' have its own "smtp" machine like 'mozilla' or does it use exim ? Under 'mutt' I use: set sendmail="/usr/sbin/ssmtp" or set sendmail="/usr/sbin/ssmtp -au user -ap secret" > or if I can I can't see where they are going. I've tried mailing root, So you have exim not configured... Does dpkg-reconfigure exim help ? > but have tried postfix also. netstat -lpetu shows exim4 to be > listening. hmmm... > My .muttrc looks like this: > > set folder=~/Mail > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/exim4" ^^^^^ and with "/usr/sbin/exim" ? > At one stage I was getting an error message when I tried to send emails, > but I forgot to write down the error, and can't remember how I got rid > of it. Currently the mail claims to have been sent, but doesn't go > anywhere apart from the outbox folder, where the copies are going. When > I start kmail it finds them all and wants to send them. I have been > changing things backward and forward for days now, and have googled and > RTFMed in vain. Surely kmail would use exim4? In which case the problem On <debian-user-german> I have read it does not use an external MTA. > is in how I have set mutt up? I'm confused, and know the answer must be > blindingly obvious. I do not know how to configure exim, but it seems to be misconfigured. > Sorry if I've failed to give enough info for you to help. Better you try it with 'mutt' again and write the error message down. > Geoff Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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