On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:11:01AM -0600, lostson wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:05 +0000, Sam Kuper wrote: > > 2008/12/20 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edua...@kalinowski.com.br>: > > > lostson wrote: > > >> Hello > > >> I have perused the docs for exim but cannot seem to find the exim for > > >> dummies section. I want to use mutt and when i send i want to use my > > >> providers smtp server but cannot seem to find the correct section to > > >> edit and set this up. I do not need to setup an entire mail server. > > >> Could anyone point me in the right direction, thanks. > > >> > > > > > > Try 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'. One of the first questions (if not > > > the first) is the kind of e-mail setup, select the one that says to use > > > a smarthost, and then provide the other relevant settings. > > > > In particular, you'll probably need to edit /etc/exim4/passwd.client > > as this is where you put the username and password you use to connect > > to your SMTP provider. > > > > > Ok i ran dpkg-reconfigure and put in the necessary details but i have > no var/mail/user, it seems exim is not creating the mail like it > should ? > also i do not require a user or pass for the smtp.
First, try sending mail to yourself at your local box address. Exim should make the appropriate /var/mail/$USER when it sends the mail. Your first time sending, mutt will tell you that it doesn't exit, which is OK. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
