Well, you don't have to use sendmail by any means. Exim is easier to configure and has some spam-fighting capabilities. While you're at it, check out qmail which is also a very good mta. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darragh" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: Re: E mail? > I read today that although pop3 access can be done from mutt its very > difficult and the easiest option is threw fetch mail > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:39 PM > Subject: Re: E mail? > > > > well you don't need fetchmail..at least I think you don't. mut can > > fetch from pop3 and imap servers. > > but you do need sendmail. > > pine is the opisite. you don't need sendmail but you need fetchmail. > > now most distros come with sendmail or exim pre-configured so you > > shouldnt have to do that much work. > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:31:17PM > > -0000, Darragh wrote: > > > ok, can someone clarify all this? > > > If I use an E mail application in gnome I only have to configure one > > > program. However if I use mutt I have to configure mut, fetchmail and > > > sendmail. Is this right? If so can someone give me any suggestions on > the > > > easiest quickest and most reliable method of configuring these? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > Darragh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:16 PM > > > Subject: Re: E mail? > > > > > > > > > > Actually, the term you're looking for is free software, not open > > > > source. Yes, there's a difference. > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:00:54PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > > just because you can get the sourcecode doesn't always mean it's > > > > > opensource. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
