Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:42:21 +0200 From: Sven Pfeifer <sven@yagonna.de> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MUTT - fetchmail? procmail? or only need sendmail? Message-ID: <20040803064221.GA88678@yagonna.de> In-Reply-To: <410EFF57.7030507@me.point.ne.jp> References: <410EFF57.7030507@me.point.ne.jp>
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Hi,
Srot BULL <pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I hope that you guys are in the mood to help me out here.
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> The Short version:
> I just want to use mutt as my MUA.
OK, so far.
> The Long version:
> I just want to use mutt as my MUA.
> I have diffirent email accounts (all POP Accounts) and I want all email=
s=20
> delivered in different mailboxes that I have created and have mutt read=
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> them.
That=C5=BDs exactly what I do here.
> I went to the mutt homepage and read about mutt not being able to filte=
r=20
> emails. It mentioned about fetchmail and procmail. I did some reading=20
> but somehow...i give-up maybe because I have been comtemplating and bee=
n=20
> doing some reading in mutt for days now. I have finally finished my=20
> muttrc but, I still use mutt only for testing (i am presently using=20
> thunderbird as you can see).
> Now, what would you guys do if you have different POP mail accounts and=
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> want them delivered in specific folders.
> Do I really have to use fetchmail to retrieve my emails
Yes, you have to.
First of all I use fetchmail to get all my mail from the different
locations. Here you can find a sample ~/.fetchmailrc
---8<--
### location #1 ###
poll mailserver.location1.com
proto POP3
user username_on_first_remote_server
password password_for_user_on_first_remote_server
is local_username
### location #2 ###
poll mailout.location2.net
proto POP3
user username_on_second_remote_server
password password_for_user_on_second_remote_server
is local_username
-->8---
> and have procmail delivered them to my folders
Why not, procmail does it=C5=BDs job very well.
Here=C5=BDs the way, I configured procmail (just a sample) in=20
~/.procmailrc.
---8<--
###~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~###
### my first email ###
###________________###
:0:
* ^To:.*my-first-email@location1.com
in/my-first-email
###~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~###
### my second email ###
###_________________###
:0:
* ^To:.*my-second-email@location1.com
in/my-second-email
--->8--
> and then have sendmail deliver all=20
> my outgoing emails?
No, here you can use another MTA (e.g. Postfix, Exim, etc.).
But for mutt it=C5=BDs necesary, that there is a local MTA listening
on port 25. I prefere Postfix, but if you like Sendmail, there
should be no problem.
> Can't sendmail do this all?
No, Sendmail is just a MTA. There is no way to fetch mails
from POP-accounts.
> If you have combinations that you can share please do.
In order te let Mutt know of all these mailboxes, I use=20
the option "mailboxes" in my ~/.muttrc.
---8<--
mailboxes ! \ # local mailbox (/var/mail/$USERNAME)
=3Din/my-first-email \
=3Din/my-second-email
-->8---
> Thanks and hope to hear from anybody...
>=20
> Srot BULL
HTH
Sven
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