Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:31:20 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: GDB <g-d-b@freegates.be> Cc: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: e-mail: howto? Message-ID: <20000820213120.L254@parish> In-Reply-To: <000d01c00acf$6b8a2ee0$561223d4@gdb>; from g-d-b@freegates.be on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:52:28PM %2B0200 References: <001001c00ab0$88a7e400$931023d4@gdb> <20000820173650.U58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <000d01c00acf$6b8a2ee0$561223d4@gdb>
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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:52:28PM +0200, GDB wrote: > I added the DS line. I installed cucipop. Then I started netscape. I noticed > I can specify a POP and > SMTP server in Netscape. I am wondering if it was really necessary to > install cucipop. > What do you think? Dunno, I've never used cucipop (don't even know what it does) But, if you are using Netscape I don't think you need anything else except sendmail, but I'm not even sure you need that. Having said all that I would recommend that you don't use Netscape (unless you enjoy being told to format your mail properly) > > But: I specified the SMTP and POP servers and sent a mail to myself: it > works! Cool. > (Would this be the last mail I send from Win98? :-) ) I sincerely hope so. Look at the mess it makes of the formatting of your message:) > > Thanks for the clear answer. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> > To: GDB <g-d-b@freegates.be> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: e-mail: howto? > > > > GDB wrote: > > > > > I want to use e-mail under FreeBSD 3.2. How can I do that? sendmail > > > is running, but where do I have to specify my ISP POP and SMTP > > > servers? What do I have to do to send and receive e-mail with, lets > > > say, xfmail? > > > > Mark told you about fetchmail and stuff, but didn't mention the SMTP > > stuff... To specify your ISP's SMTP server, and you're using Sendmail, > > change the empty "DS" line in /etc/sendmail.cf to > > > > DSsmtp.yourisp.net > > > > replacing "smtp.yourisp.net" with the smarthost your ISP tells you to > > use. (Alternatively you can build a new .cf file using the m4 > configuration > > mechanism. See /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf for all that stuff.) > > > > After that, mail clients like Mutt and Pine which call Sendmail > > directly will just work, and you should tell other mail clients to use > > "localhost" as the SMTP server. > > > > If you use a mail client which needs to collect mail using POP3 rather > > than accessing your mail file (/var/mail/$USER) directly, you'll need to > > install a POP3 server too. I recommend cucipop, which is in the ports > > collection. > > > > If you have a PPP dialup connection you might like to look at the > > /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup files which you can use to run "sendmail -q" and > > "fetchmail" each time you go online. > > > > hope this helps. > > > > -- > > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D > > FreeBSD Documentation Project / > > > -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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