On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 05:32:55PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied. Your sapient advice has gotten me up and
> running. This reply is being composed in mutt, somehow it seems to
> have known to use vim as the editor and I'm not complaining.
> (I learned ed, ex, and vi in '82 and emacs is a hobby that can wait ;-)
>
> Some notes for those who follow in my shoes, and especially for those
> who intend to write the newbie doc:
>
> 1. MacOS and Windows users just don't expect their PC to be a
> mailserver; they expect a POP3 client to fetch and send mail. Note that
> the Mutt manual claims that it supports this if you compile it with the
> pop option, see Chapter 4.10 of the mutt manual. So one could
> theoretically get by with just fetchmail and mutt. However...
>
> 2. Since every Linux box is multiuser and exim is installed by default,
> newbie docs should plunge in and have the user configure exim. Option 2
> worked as advertised for me.
>
> 3. A possible strategy for documentation: Examine the configuration
> tools for Outlook Express and Eudora on both Mac and Windows. Run the
> configuration wizards for setting up new mail accounts on each. Write a
> debian newbie doc that maps this experience to the appropriate program
> and file in Debian-Gnu/Linux. For example: I knew my email address, my
> password, my ISP's mailserver name (same for both pop3 and smtp,
> extremely commone in this day & age). This is enough info to get me up &
> running with Communicator, Eudora, or Outlook, but I couldn't find a
> stand-alone document to get email running on Linux.
care to pursue that, since 1) it's your idea, 2) a good one, and
3) fresh in your mind?
> Again, thanks for all the help. I'm not an expert yet (no groovy
> automatic sig w/examples of how each one of Will Trillich's tips led
> me to frag my system in a different way<G>), but I am getting my mail,
> using multiple mailbox files, and have mutt running in colors that I
> can read.
>
> Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
glad i could help (that is, if fragging is good)... :)
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #23 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Wondering what you should BACK UP -- and what you shouldn't? Here's
a "how I do it" written by a debian-user regular, Karsten Self:
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backup.html
This is a frequent topic on debian-user; check the archives at
lists.debian.org for other backup approaches -- search for
"backup scheme".
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
