Some newbie questions: I am in the process of getting a dialup account to work in my new & first ever install of Linux, slink. I think I'll find it easier if I have an overall picture of how it is done -- especially how it is already set up in the install I have. I have been reading howto after howto, but it is still hard to see how it all works on this particular distribution.
I have managed to get to my ISP Mail I use wvdial and I think I am connected -- I don't know how to unconnect though :) -- is wvdial just a script that invokes chat and pppd? What is pppd? Nor can I do any thing once I am connected - what I have tried is to load mutt, if it could get mail I am not sure how to tell it to. Do I have this right: mutt does not get the mail, fetchmail does. I have not managed to get that running. Do I have this right: fetchmail wont work on its own, it needs a Mail Transfer Agent and Debian uses exim (does that stand for anything? -- extract internet mail???) In addition I need procmail going to sort the mail. In summary I should be able to get my mail if I am actually getting to the ISP using wvdial, exim is invoked at that point, I have fetchmail and procmail working, and learn the commands in mutt? A confirmation of that would be encouraging -- or corrections. I know there might be many other ways, I'd like to hear those too... but this is the sort of classical Debian default way, is that right? ~~~ Web I have Lynx running but hitting the red urls does not work unless the file is local. Is it just a matter of configuring a file somewhere? Walter __________________________________________________________________ Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.psybernet.co.nz
