Re: How to get started?
Rajiv Vyas <rajiv1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I read some of the mans but the key question is how do I get started?
> I have mutt installed by defauly in my ubuntu but how do I configure
> to receive emails from my comcast or Gmail?
mutt has some built-in support for retrieving mail from external POP (and
IMAP) mailhosts, but many people (including me) prefer to use an external mail
retriever that is more fully-featured.
> Also, what additional packages do I need? I have read that I also need
> fetchmail and exim.
You most definitely do not need an MTA (exim, sendmail, qmail, etc) to use
mutt to /read/ mail. A mail retriever (like getmail, or (ugh) fetchmail) is
easy to add.
You'll need some way to get mutt to send mail out; if you want to relay
through your ISP's mailhost, something like ssmtp is easy to set up.
Charles
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