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Re: How to get started?



On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 04:24:25PM -0400, Julie Sloan wrote:
> I do not use fetchmail nor exim but postfix with mutt.  But I am on Mandrake
> system, not Ubuntu.  Don't know if that makes any difference.

Postfix is included by default in Ubuntu.

> Postfix was not very hard to set up.  After that there is a little
> configuration to do in /etc/Muttrc

Ideally, changes should be made to the *user's* muttrc and not the system-wide
file. Even if you don't have other folks on your box, it's a good idea to put
user-related things in user-related files.

> Again, being on Mandrake (rpm-based system) rather than Ubuntu
> (debian-based) may make what I said totally wrong.  I will find out in
> the next month or two when my Ubuntu discs arrive.  :)

:-) Ubuntu is quite nice; I hope it works well for you.

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Will Maier