> I'm using *basically* the same configuration (MTA: exim, MDA: procmail, MUA: > mutt POP3-GET-MY-MAIL-WHEN-I-NEED-IT-APP-:] : fetchmail). Maybe I can help?
i would use iptables to block port 25 from all but localhost, @home almost killed me for that. they don't allow any ``servers'' i think in their aup thing. > > > Does nay one have any idea a how I can rectify this problem? Also > > if fetchmail is not transferring mail to exim where is it putting it? > > Again, my understanding is that "fetchmail" does not "put" mail anywhere; it > just makes sure that mail it is grabbing is placed into the SMTP stream for > exim to pick up. > 6. Do you have procmail set up? Are you using a .procmailrc file? > > If you use procmail, which many mutt users do for filtering and > distributing email, exim will use the rules (procmail calls them > "recipes") in .procmailrc for handling your mail. > > 7. Setting up mutt is a whole 'nuther situation...let's get you through > retrieving your mail from the server, then we can worry about mutt. you can set up mutt to use pop3 even though the pop3 support isn't great---but it might save you the trouble from getting fetchmail to work.
