Re: exim4 question
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:19:47AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:11:01AM -0600, lostson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:05 +0000, Sam Kuper wrote:
> > > 2008/12/20 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>:
> > > > lostson wrote:
> > > >> Hello
> > > >> I have perused the docs for exim but cannot seem to find the exim for
> > > >> dummies section. I want to use mutt and when i send i want to use my
> > > >> providers smtp server but cannot seem to find the correct section to
> > > >> edit and set this up. I do not need to setup an entire mail server.
> > > >> Could anyone point me in the right direction, thanks.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Try 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'. One of the first questions (if not
> > > > the first) is the kind of e-mail setup, select the one that says to use
> > > > a smarthost, and then provide the other relevant settings.
> > >
> > > In particular, you'll probably need to edit /etc/exim4/passwd.client
> > > as this is where you put the username and password you use to connect
> > > to your SMTP provider.
> > >
> > >
> > Ok i ran dpkg-reconfigure and put in the necessary details but i have
> > no var/mail/user, it seems exim is not creating the mail like it
> > should ?
> > also i do not require a user or pass for the smtp.
>
> First, try sending mail to yourself at your local box address. Exim
> should make the appropriate /var/mail/$USER when it sends the mail.
> Your first time sending, mutt will tell you that it doesn't exit, which
> is OK.
>
> Doug.
>
>
I tried doing that and for some reason it didnt work, not sure why. I tried a few other things i found online and now everything is working great, thanks alot for your help
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LostSon
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