Re: Mutt Help
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 01:37:11PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > >> Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as > >> daemon. Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 > >> mail, but I am so far unable to find the correct entry for the > >> .muttrc file which will result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail > >> from fetchmail. Any help would be appreciated. > > >By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. > >Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is > >your login name. > > I thought that the default for fetchmail was to pass the messages > to the system's MTA (postfix, sendmail, etc.), not to attempt > delivery itself. Yes, but how mail gets from fetchmail to the main spool was not critical. I did not want to complicate the process in my reply. Incidentally the OP's e-mail address is/was failing: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Connected to 68.178.232.99 but connection died. (#4.4.2) Regards Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mutt Help
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 Bill Campbell said: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007, andrew clarke wrote: > >On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > >By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. > >Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is > >your login name. > > I thought that the default for fetchmail was to pass the messages > to the system's MTA (postfix, sendmail, etc.), not to attempt > delivery itself. > > Bill Correct. quote: As each message is retrieved, fetchmail normally delivers it via SMTP to port 25 on the machine it is running on (localhost), just as though it were being passed in over a normal TCP/IP link. fetchmail provides the SMTP server with an envelope recipient derived in the manner described previously. The mail will then be delivered locally via your system's MDA (Mail Delivery Agent, usually sendmail(8) but your system may use a different one such as smail, mmdf, exim, postfix, or qmail). All the delivery-control mechanisms (such as .forward files) normally available through your system MDA and local delivery agents will there- fore work automatically. If no port 25 listener is available, but your fetchmail configuration was told about a reliable local MDA, it will use that MDA for local delivery instead. /quote $ man fetchmail Regards, -- Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mutt Help
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007, andrew clarke wrote: >On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > >> Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as >> daemon. Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 >> mail, but I am so far unable to find the correct entry for the >> .muttrc file which will result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail >> from fetchmail. Any help would be appreciated. > >By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. >Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is >your login name. I thought that the default for fetchmail was to pass the messages to the system's MTA (postfix, sendmail, etc.), not to attempt delivery itself. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Never chastise a Windows user...just smile at them kindly as you would a disadvantaged child. WBM ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mutt Help
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as > daemon. Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 > mail, but I am so far unable to find the correct entry for the > .muttrc file which will result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail > from fetchmail. Any help would be appreciated. By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is your login name. $ echo $LOGNAME ozzmosis $ echo $MAIL /var/mail/ozzmosis And by default, Mutt will look in the same place, as per muttrc(5): spoolfile Type: path Default: "" If your spool mailbox is in a non-default place where Mutt can- not find it, you can specify its location with this variable. Mutt will automatically set this variable to the value of the environment variable $MAIL if it is not set. I use Fetchmail, Procmail, SpamAssassin, Mutt and Postfix quite successfully here. :-) Regards Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mutt Help
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as daemon. > Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 mail, but I am > so far unable to find the correct entry for the .muttrc file which will > result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail from fetchmail. Any help > would be appreciated. mutt can fetch mail from your POP3 server itself - without any need to use fetchmail at all. http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#ss4.10 If you need fetchmail for other reasons, then make sure it delivers messages to mutt's spoolfile. Dan -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpi4TGzQZtF9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Mutt Help
Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as daemon. Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 mail, but I am so far unable to find the correct entry for the .muttrc file which will result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail from fetchmail. Any help would be appreciated. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
