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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 -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. Electronic documents (including email) are binding if digitally signed and appropriately verified PGP Key : 0x854F8D8D Sun Aug 3 11:05:58 BST 2008
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