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Re: [LUG] console mail clients

 

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 10:28:15AM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I want to set my laptop up so it can send / receive mail from the 
> command line,  apart from a mail client such as mutt, do i need anything 
> else to just simply connect to the mail server and pull down e-mail,  
> then allow me to either type new mail or reply.
> 
> I am not sure if I need things like procmail / sendmail etc
> 
I found www.mutt.blackfish.org.uk helpful

Mutt will allow you to connect directly to both POP3 and IMAP servers, but it is 
suggested that:

- You collect email by fetchmail. This collects email from your servers
- You filter the email by procmail into the various directories. (I found www.ii.com 
helpful background reading).
- You read and file the email with Mutt (please have a look at the various muttrc on 
google)
- You need a text editor to prepare outgoing emails
- You send the email via exim4 (if you are on debian)/ sendmail or various others


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