On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hello!
Hi Marcelo,
>
> I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via
> modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions,
> and I wonder if someone in this fantastic
> list can help me:
>
>
> 2) When fetchmail retrieves the email from the ISP to my machine, is exim
> who delivers them to my
> /var/spool/mail/account file?
yes. fetchmail establish a smtp connection on port 25 and pass your
emails along to exim.
>
> 3) is exim automatically called when I establish the dial-up connection?
look at /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and see if there is a exim file; it's a shell
script that call exim upon connect.
>
> 4) why the MUAs programs (for example balsa or xfmail) don't need a MTA
> for retrieve the
> messages from the ISP (at last with pop3) but they need a MTA for sending
> the emails (via smtp)?
because they have pop3 built in but no SMTP.
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