Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:34:38 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@freebsd.org> Cc: GDB <g-d-b@freegates.be>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: e-mail: howto? Message-ID: <20000820213438.M254@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000820173650.U58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@freebsd.org on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:36:50PM %2B0100 References: <001001c00ab0$88a7e400$931023d4@gdb> <20000820173650.U58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:36:50PM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > GDB wrote: > > > I want to use e-mail under FreeBSD 3.2. How can I do that? sendmail > > is running, but where do I have to specify my ISP POP and SMTP > > servers? What do I have to do to send and receive e-mail with, lets > > say, xfmail? > > Mark told you about fetchmail and stuff, but didn't mention the SMTP > stuff... To specify your ISP's SMTP server, and you're using Sendmail, > change the empty "DS" line in /etc/sendmail.cf to > > DSsmtp.yourisp.net > > replacing "smtp.yourisp.net" with the smarthost your ISP tells you to > use. (Alternatively you can build a new .cf file using the m4 configuration > mechanism. See /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf for all that stuff.) > > After that, mail clients like Mutt and Pine which call Sendmail > directly will just work, and you should tell other mail clients to use > "localhost" as the SMTP server. > > If you use a mail client which needs to collect mail using POP3 rather > than accessing your mail file (/var/mail/$USER) directly, you'll need to > install a POP3 server too. I recommend cucipop, which is in the ports > collection. > mutt can get mail using POP3 itself, no need for cucipop. > 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 / > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 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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