On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:25:17AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: [...] > > Anyway, let me tell what I do here for other people who may not have read > the whole thread. Actually, mutt *can* read POP3 and/or IMAP accounts, if > it is compiled with proper support (such as Debian's). > > In fact, I installed an IMAP server here at my personal computer and have > mutt read it (I use fetchmail to grab the e-mails from the various accounts > that I have and procmail+spamassassin to sort the mail to the appropriate > folders). > > The good thing about having an IMAP server installed is that it serves as > an "agnostic" interface for many MUA's, which means that I can use > Mozilla's Thunderbird (or any other GUI MUA) when I feel like it (and I > usually do, for know how things are improving on the Thunderbird project). > > For sending e-mail, mutt usually calls the sendmail executable, which is > today more than an executable: it is so standard that one could call it an > interface, since it is usually provided by many MTA's like qmail, ssmtp, > postfix, sendmail itself, among others. > > For sending e-mail with mutt, I am currently using a patched qmail > installation (home-made Debian package with qmail-remote SMTP AUTH patch > and other recommended patches from qmail.org), but I have msmtp installed > just in case my stupid ISP has problems relaying my e-mail (I can, then, > use other accounts for relaying with non-standard ports and encryption > enabled). > > If one does not want a full MTA installed, I'd say that msmtp is the way to > go. Quite impressed by its versatility.
Thanks for that explanation. When I first posted the question, I didn't expect such a long-lasting thread with so much useful information. I have been putting off using mutt for many months as I found it scary, but now I am already quite at home with it -- so thanks everyone. This is a great list. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
