On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:05:49AM +0100, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> * Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [30-01-2003 23:25]:
> > I'd especially like to use pine because I really like
> > that prog but it doesn't handle smtp - so how should I
> > do this ?
>
> - Sending mail
> Configure exim to use a so-called smart-host. This
> means that all local mail gets delivered directly and mail to
> 'other' people is delivered to smtp.my_provider.net, which then
> takes on responsibility to deliver the message to the recipient.
>
> Your best bet is to run eximconfig as root. This script creates
> /etc/exim/exim.conf. You can edit this file yourself if needed.
>
> - Receiving mail
> I would use fetchmail to get messages. Fetchmail roughly works like
> this: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] is my_user here".
This cryptic information goes in ~/.fetchmailrc. Here's mine, for
example:
# Configuration created Fri Nov 29 01:13:30 2002 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "postmaster"
poll pop3.ukonline.co.uk with proto POP3
user "jah.pigeon" there with password "foo" is pigeon here
(fetchmailconf runs under X.)
Pigeon
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