On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Akintayo Holder wrote:
> David Rysdam wrote:
> >
> > The first question is: Why do you want to use sendmail? Sendmail is a
> > Mail Transport Agent. MTA's move email from server to server via SMTP.
> > Generally speaking, you needn't setup your own MTA.
> then how do send mail from your computer e.g. GIMP can mail a pic to
> root but not over the net
> --
Easily.... choose your favorite end-user app and go into the configuration and
tell it the name of your ISP's mail server. For example, I'm using KMail and
the configuration allows for both POP/SMTP mail and Sendmail. I chose the
POP/SMTP option, since I'm single user.
In Kmail it's under "file/settings/network options" there I can configure the
location for Sendmail and enable use of SendMail by clicking the "radio button"
for Sendmail useage or just click on the "radio button" for POP/SMTP and enter
the appropriate info. In most cases that's something like mail.your-isp.com
(replace with appropriate info -- if you're not sure, call your isp and ask!)
--
John Aldrich
COL Tech Support
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Chattanooga Online Internet
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