From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 17:13:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CA9106567E for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rem@lappy.remdog.net) Received: from QMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9DE8FC0A for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rem@lappy.remdog.net) Received: from OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.44]) by QMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id hNvU1Z0030xGWP8580Zz00; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:13:11 +0000 Received: from lappy.remdog.net ([67.188.180.64]) by OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id hVC61Z00C1PlroK3YVC6rc; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:12:07 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=CcdOxHzUP47WPnBNfkAA:9 a=pHtPCZDKAr-kMLljok8A:7 a=A4OO-MgFl9W8WDBgkUhAAkP47ZIA:4 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by lappy.remdog.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4266945360; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:12:07 -0700 From: Rem Roberti To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa Message-ID: <20080623171207.GA1000@remdog.net> Mail-Followup-To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa , FreeBSD References: <20080623070556.GA1618@remdog.net> <485FAA07.5050904@pukruppa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <485FAA07.5050904@pukruppa.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Simple Text Mail Setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:13:13 -0000 On 2008.06.23 15:49:59 +0000, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > Rem Roberti schrieb: > >I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be > >able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client > >such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail > >from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system > >isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. > >Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple > >configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of > >course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. > Probably you only have to type > sendmail_enable="YES" > into your /etc/rc.conf and reboot. > > Greetings, > > Uli. > > >At any > >rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can > >get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. > > > >Rem Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. I have the feeling that there is a problem with how I am supposed to use my hostname. When I run hostname -r I get .hsd1.ca.comcast.net. As you can tell, I am a relative newbie, and not very well versed in all of these things. But I love the process of trying to get it figured out. Rem > > > Peter Ulrich Kruppa > Wuppertal > Germany > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"