On Mon, 6 May 2002 17:36:34 +0800, "Gobind Rudra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> hello folks,
>
> any suggestions for the best way to set up e-mail for dial-up
> home use?
>
> I'm used to Mercury (Win32) which will send and fetch mail. Is
> there a simple Linux equivalent?
I'm not familiar with this app, sorry.
> At the moment, I'm trying getmail, but it complains that my
> Sylpheed mailbox is not a "maildir" or an "mbox". I've tried
> setting it up to deliver to ~/Mail/ or to ~/Mail/inbox/
> (with and without the trailing slashes), but neither works. The
> Sylpheed folder tree shows the mailbox as Mailbox (MH). Maybe
> that's why getmail won't or can't deliver?
That's right, Sylpheed uses MH format. I don't know about the main Sylpheed
branch, but Sylpheed Claws can read from (but not write to) MBox mail
directories.
I'm not familiar with Getmail. Is it like Fetchmail?
> Is there a simple SMTP server I can use for sending mail without
> going through a relay or an ISP. With several e-mail accounts
> per member of the household, direct SMTP delivery is about the
> only feasible way to send (even if it's only a few pieces each
> time) while fetching POP mail.
Sendmail, perhaps?
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