050706 maxim wexler wrote: > Following "Quickstart Guide to Mutt" I encountered the following problems: > $fetchmail -av -m "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" > fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying yahoo.com (protocol POP3) at > Wed Jul 6 13:51:41 2005: poll started > fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting to > connect to server yahoo.com.
That sounds like a problem at Yahoo: maybe someone else can help there. > Also, the guide doesn't mention it but do I need to emerge sendmail? You need to have something to actually send mails from Mutt, but Ssmtp should be adequate for an ordinary desktop system. First, 'emerge ssmtp' & edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf to taste, then specify it in ~/.muttrc : set sendmail="/usr/sbin/ssmtp" -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [email protected] mailing list
