Re: Can't post to this list via Mutt
# fishburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2003-10-31 18:10:09 -0500:
> > # anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2003-10-31 18:52:27 +0000:
> > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:09:02PM -0500, David Fishburn wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am having an unusal problem.
> > > > I am trying to convert over to Mutt from MS Outlook.
> > > >
> > > > When I attempt to send a message to mutt-users@xxxxxxxx from
> > > > Mutt, it indicates the message was sent correctly. No POSTMASTER
> > > > messages come back indicating failed delivery.
> > > >
> > > > Yet my post never shows up.
> > > > I seem to be able to post only from Outlook.
> >
> > that has no relevance to his problem whatsoever. mutt doesn't use
> > SMTP to handle the message to the MTA, and an MTA is not required
> > to listen on 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > David, what OS/MTA are you running?
>
> I have 2 machines.
>
> My WinXp machine is where I am currently running Outlook and responding
> to this mailing list.
>
> I also have a RH9 Linux machine where I am setting Mutt up.
> From the Linux machine I send mail via ssmtp.exe.
as far as I can tell from the first page on google, ssmtp.exe is
a nullmailer bundled with cygwin. I don't know how you managed to
run it in Linux, but hey...
> SSMTP works for work/personal email, and the other mailling lists I am
> on (ie vim@xxxxxxx, ...).
> So I can send/post emails to everything except the Mutt mailing list
> from this Linux machine.
since you don't seem to be getting any bounces (which would indicate
the cause of the failure), here goes the obvious question: what does
ssmtp log? (don't ask me for the location of its log file if it has
any at all)
hmm, can you send me an email from mutt privately?
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