On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 09:50:17PM -0700, david wright wrote:
> I'm new to debian and exim. I am used to sending mail
> via sendmail from the command line, i have tried to do
> this on my new debian installation and have not had
> success. 

You need to install mailx package (so you'd have "mail" command).
 
> I have read 'man exim' but did not really find the
> answer i sought, like:
> /usr/sbin/sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < files.txt

Install exim, then "eximconfig" (you'd have choices of having satellite,
smarthost, etc. exim). Then "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < files.txt".

> Also am i able to connect to a pop-server via exim to
> retrieve mail or do i need fetchmail or something
> similiar. ?I would appreciate any commands or config
> info you would provide, thank you.

To pop, you'd need fetchmail.

Oki


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