Re: Mutt and debian-user list
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 11:03:07AM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 05:01:09PM +0200, Vladimir Zolotykh wrote:
> } Why Mutt wouldn't send messages to debian-user@lists.debian.org, do you
> } know?
> } I can send it with Mozilla Thunderbird, but can't using Mutt.
> } What might be wrong with my using Mutt?
> } I can send and receive personal mail with Mutt.
> } If you know what might be the cause for that please let me know, I'd
> } appreciate any clue.
>
> You'll have to be a little more specific about the error. I am sending with
> mutt right now and having no trouble, so it isn't mutt. My suspicion is
> that you have Thunderbird configured to talk directly to your ISP's SMTP
> server, but you have not configured your local MTA as a smarthost so that
> mutt can use it to talk to your ISP's SMTP server. Since mutt does not
> natively support SMTP (the project is very clear on it being an MUA, not an
> MUA/MTA like Thunderbird et al.), your local MTA must be properly
> configured.
He says he can send and receive personal mail with Mutt, so probably the
MTA is not at fault.
Vladimir, make sure you are using "L" to reply to the list rather than
"r" which will reply to the individual poster.
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