newlxuser <Friday, July 06, 2001 6:01 PM>
> I have certain doubts about mail-client programs.
> Is it true that most( probably all except minicom ?) of the mail clients
> have to use sendmail for sending mail & fetchmail for recieving ?
Minicom is a terminal emulator, not a mail client. And most mail clients
(even pine and mutt) have pop3 capablity built in. Mutt has to use an
external mail agent (say sendmail / exim - or a simple mail sending agent
like Masqmail), though pine can use an external smtp server.
> If so then why we have to configure each client's .conf file separately
> for telling it about POP servers/smtp servers,username,passwords etc. If
> the same info is configured in sendmail and fetchmail's .conf file, then
Why don't you read http://www.hserus.net/dlhowto.html please?
-suresh
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