On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > no i mean you can use exim, i just like to use what i made. > > i think you only really need exim for receiving mail. > this is how it works i think for most people: > > receiving: fetchmail pull from pop3 server -> localhost port 25 (your > mta) -> /var/spool/mail/blahblah > > sending: mutt -> piped to program like ssmtp -> your smtp server > (nslookup mail?) -> ... > > > is that what you were asking?
Yeah except ssmtp is a bit too flaky for me, I think it won't even let me specify the port. I was hoping to use a regular-joe mailer like sendmail or exim. Receiving mail is not a problem, I use IMAP. -chris
