Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:59:31 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1043596772.4fbaa6@mired.org> To: "Gary Schenk" <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: newbie mail help Message-ID: <15917.28259.991446.473059@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com> References: <3E244093.3060706@potentialtech.com> <Pine.GSO.4.33.0301162042380.16957-100000@ector.cs.purdue.edu> <20030117021944.GC11624@gothmog.gr> <002b01c2beba$c1d2b000$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com> <15913.7775.157128.271738@guru.mired.org> <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com>
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In <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com>, Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> typed: > I am attempting to use Pine with fetchmail and sendmail over a cable modem > to my ISP. I can't help with pine. Hopefully, someone else will tell you how to configure pine's username. > The fetchmail man page says that sendmail needs to be listening on port 25. You don't really need fetchmail just to read mail from the POP server at your ISP. You should be able to tell pine to just go to the POP server to get the mail. > When I run <ps auxw | grep sendmail > the output is: > root 102 0.0 1.8 2760 2196 ?? Ss 2:45PM 0:00.14 sendmail: accepting > connections (sendmail) > smmsp 105 0.0 1.7 2660 2180 ?? Is 2:45PM 0:00.01 sendmail: Queue > runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmai > Shouldn't it indicate port 25 somewhere? How do I know I have a port 25? How > do I know it is listening at port 25? No, it shouldn't indicate port 25, because that's the standard port for mail connections. There are a number of ways to check for port 25. One is "netstat -na | grep 25" and look for a line that looks like tcp4 0 0 *.25 *.* LISTEN Or you can do "netstat -a | grep smtp" which will show if you have a daemon listening on the smtp port. > Could I have the wrong path set up in Pine for the INBOX? I'm using > /var/mail/gschenk. You've got the right path. > I've followed the instructions in Chapter 25 of FreeBSD Unleashed. Annelise > Anderson barely mentions email in her book. I'm beginning to understand why. > Is there another source that is better at clarifying this matter? Does The > Complete FreeBSD cover this subject better? Do I need professional > assistance to set up email? I'd better end this message here as I feel a > major whine coming on! :) I can't tell you where to find better documentation, but it sounds like you're doing things the hard way. Fetchmail is good for redelivering mail through the local mail system. You might do that if you have multiple external mailboxes that go to different users locally, or want your mail filters to be applied, or something like that. If you're happy with the mail as it arrives at your ISP's pop server, you should use a client that can read mail directly from the pop server. I'm pretty sure pine qualifies. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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