Dear Linux users, I have been using mutt/fetchmail/sendmail for quite a while on my home computer without problems. However, I now have to shift to a new place for mail usage. Here, the setup is different, and I'll attempt to describe it correctly. Note that I may be technically wrong in certain desriptions; please correct me.
The OS is Red Hat 9.0, and I log into diskless PC's and the system is mounted using NFS, from the same system for all persons, i.e. I *think* we all get identical /usr, /var, /home etc. We have a separate mail server with servers for IMAP, POP and SMTP, and we can't log into them.
Now, in the beginning, when I was new to the system, I asked the system administrator whether I could use the ordinary "mail" program for e-mail, but the admin said that is not possible with this setup. However, now I feel this is possible, if sendmail is properly configured, since /var is also mounted from a common place, so /var/spool/mail/(user) should be available to all. Is it not so?
Anyway, I want to use mutt to handle my mail. Now, I can configure fetchmail to get messages using POP from the mail server. But fetchmail refuses to write fetched messages because the sendmail service is not running.
Well, I could use the "fetch-mail" feature in mutt itself. But then, again, how do I send mail? sendmail is not configured to deliver to the SMTP server, and the administrator doesn't seem to be in a mood to configure it right now (maybe I can pester him next week). Is there still a way for me to use mutt?
Please note that I have only limited space there (~ 10MB). So, if the solution is costly in terms of disk space, I might as well forget it and use the no frills web based interface.
This may not be relevant, but the admin has configured pine for all of us by default. Here are two lines from pine.conf
inbox-path={mail}/var/spool/mail/$USER
smtp-server=mailPlease let me know if there is a solution you can think of.
Thanks. Kumar
P.S. I don't know why, but I don't like pine, esp. after using mutt!
-- Adayapalam Appaiah Kumaraswamy (Kumar Appaiah)
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