On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 17:31, Ralph De Witt wrote: > Hi all: > I am working through my first ever Gentoo Installation. One of my main > problems now is to set-up my email system. I have read the desktop > set-up guide and the Posstfix setup manual, but still do not understand > the process. I see nowhere to place my isp's pop server name, my log in > id, and password, and the same for my isp;s smtp server. Nor do I > understand how to make it understand my email address of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This setup help is badly needed as my spouse > wants me and my email off her machine. Can someone help me configure > postfix and mutt or suggest some other program and help get me up and > running. After I get this set up and find out wat is broken in KDE/Kmail > (kmail frezzes about after a minute of use) I would then like the mail > program to fetch mail and then I would like to use Kmail to fetch from > my locall program to read, then send outgoing to my program where it > would be sent on to my isp. Thanks for any help you can give. > > Ralph
If you've got X-Windows up and running (KDE, I assume?), fetchmailconfig is the easiest route to go getting your mail. You'll need to emerge python with TCL/TK support (`USE="tcltk" emerge python`), and then it's a fairly straightforward process - GUI goodness. Just `emerge postfix` - the default will likely get by for now, just use your ISP's SMTP sever instead of your own. Maybe try to emerge KDE with less optimizations? -- Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key DFB366F2
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