* Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> [111026 15:24]: > On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 17:51:08 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> [111026 12:26]: > > > Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes: > > > > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot > > > > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that > > > > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no > > > > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could > > > > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under > > > > terminal? > > > > > > A long time ago there was command line syntax called > > > "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure > > > the old unix sources are around, but it may require > > > sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is > > > not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are > > > a stretch if you really want the truth).... > > > > > > > > > Very useful for a variety of uses.... > > > > > > I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but > > > i Have never used this package.... > > > > > > Come to think about it, the old mail command line > > > stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to > > > recall the details...... > > > > > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/ > > > > > > hth, > > > > > > James > > > > There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're > > thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different > > mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.) > > > > But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did > > use it for such for a number of years in the 80s... > > I think that mailx is installed as a dependency on a gentoo system (unless it > is seriously stripped down?) > > Just run mail in a terminal and it'll tell you if there is any messages > waiting for you. To send (outside your OS) you'll need to install and > configure ssmtp, or sendmail, or postfix, or any other MTA in portage. For > more > info look at man mailx or man mail. > > -- > Regards, > Mick
Yes, sorry, I meant to type "UNIX MUAs" above. It is just an MUA and not an MTA. Todd
