On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 09:38:27PM +1000, Robin M. Stephens wrote:
> I just got all this going so it is fresh in my mind.
> Install exim for an mta
> Install procmail
> Install fetchmail
> Install mutt
> fetchmail gets mail, hands it to exim.
> exim checks for a ~/.procmailrc file and if it exists, hands mail to procmail
> procmail sorts mail into mboxs in ~/Mail
> It was painless and quick to set up.
Thing is there is an unneeded step in there. Exim doesn't need a delivery
agent (procmail) not does it need a filter program (procmail) since both are
build in. One could just use Exim for both of those so the path would be
fetchmail -> exim -> mutt.
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