* newlxuser [linux-india] <05/07/01 09:31 +0530>:
> Now I want use mutt, so pl. help me :
> 1) What to do to dnload mail from remote POP server, using mutt ? ( i.e
Use fetchmail
> what to change in Muttrc.conf file for automating mail send/recv job.)
.muttrc you mean - what distro has muttrc.conf?
> Note : Presently I can use mutt for sending and reading mail by diff.
> user on diff. consoles of he same machine. But it says POP server not
> found while retreving remote mail . I have set the mail-box under root
> and new-user directory of /var/spool/mail.
Dont send and receive mail as root
> 2) Is it neccessary to have functional fetchmail ( for retrieving ) and
> functional sendmail ( for sending ) ?
Yes. If you dont want a full-blown mailserver you can use something like
masqmail or nullmailer
> 3) Can we use shell a/c phone no for using pop/smtp servers while using
> mutt ?
If that's a vsnl shell account, no. You can only start pine on the remote
terminal
> 4) ppp-on etc scripts are neccessary for using mail-clients from
> command prompt?
Tell you what, read http://www.hserus.net/sendmail.html
> 5) How to allow a new user to use a particular software, like mutt etc.
> ( Permission setting etc., as I heard about security-risk using root
> login ) ?
Mutt will run for any user you like, by default. Read about permissions and
ownership in unix ... a good set of unix FAQs (on unix, vim, etc) can be
found at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff
--
Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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