On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote:
Also, I have mail and mailutils installed, but not much more. I want to
keep this as simple as possible.
I have used Claws-Mail for years and it has never failed me. I have
plenty of software installed on this computer; I don't need or want
additional mail clients.
John,
Linux mail systems have three main components: the MUA (Mail User Agent)
which is used to read and write messages; the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport
Protocol) used to send and receive mail messages; and the MDA (Mail Delivery
Agent) which examines incoming messages and forwards them to the proper
receiver.
Claws-mail is a MUA, similar to Thunderbird, Eudora, mutt, and alpine.
To send mail you need an MTA; sendmail is the default while postfix and exim
are widely used replacements.
You have the e-mail equivalent of a telephone without a telco/wireless
account. If you want to mail messages to yourself to need to add the
transport layer.
HTH,
Rich
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