On Sun 08/22/99 07:31AM, Walter Logeman wrote: > > Nor can I do any thing once I am connected - what I have tried is > to load mutt, if it could get mail I am not sure how to tell it > to. >
Hi Walter, I too just recently got mail set up on my machine. I got a lot of help here, but I also consulted an article in the Linux Gazette http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue43/stumpel.html which I found invaluable. basically you need to configure exim for your setup. I'm not sure what you'd choose to set it up for dialup. Other files of interest are the .forward, .fetchmailrc, and .procmailrc files. Procmail uses the .procmailrc file to filter your mail into different folders among other things. Fetchmail uses the .fetcmailrc so you don't have to keep typing in the info needed to access your mail server. the .forward file is used to (duh :) ) forward mail. In my case it calls procmail. The hardest part is getting your .procmailrc set up. I got a lot of info from this site: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~reriksso/procmail/mini-faq.html I'm sure others more knowledgeable than I will chime in here. HTH -- ( __ _ Mark Wagnon ) Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chula Vista, CA ( /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) www.debian.org _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
