Okay, I couldn't figure out what I did wrong with setting up exim. so I re-installed slink and started from there. I repeated the steps Stephen and Didi gave me and now I have mail!!! Cool.
Thanks guys.
Now all I have to do is learn the ins and outs of mutt :)
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