On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:04:51PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > 'kay, important things first: what is that there furshlugginer "HTH"? I > notice lots o' people usin' it. :)
HTH :== hope that helps > > I went onto the #debian channel on openprojects.net IRC and asked around > about the exim/fetchmail thing. Was told to add this to my .fetchmailrc file: > > with mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" > > ... and now it works. Or seems to. > > But I must know: WHY does it work? And is procmail REPLACING exim, or some > other part of the quilt? How to sort out sendmail/exim/procmail/fetchmail > and the slew of names ... Hmmm. ROFL. This is how I think the scheme works. Sendmail and Exim are what are known as MTA's (mail transport agents) . One can choose sendmail or exim to do the same thing. So no, procmail is not replacing exim. Actually procmail is not really needed but is nice to have as a way of doing what the name implies , processing mail. In my case (I use procmail as well) it acts as a go between Exim and fetchmail. Procmail is actually quite versatile and can be used as an mda (mail delivery agent ) and the like... The -d arg is a recipient flag. Don't know what the %T does exactly wrt recpient. Now I'd like to know about that one. Fetchmail is best described as a program which retrieves your mail off of your ISP's mail server. If you're really into fetchmail , goto http://www.tuxedo.org/%7Eesr/fetchmail/fetchmail%2DFAQ.html Lots of stuff about mutt there also. And I think your error message was due to using localhost which may be 127.0.0.1 (sort of the network equivalent of /dev/null) I had to use /usr/etc/route add -host host.infected.codered.com gw 127.0.0.1 to keep my webserver logs from filling up a while back... > > I crave me some clarity. Gotta go read some manpages. > Yuppers, I think I could spend a lifetime trying to learn all there is to know about email. So many options/programs etc. There's also stuff in /usr/doc/procmail etc. as well. You may also wish to visit http://www.intp.org. I have a hunch you may well be one of us... The "But I must know: WHY does it work?" is a real tipoff. -- My inner child is cranky ---- www.hardradio.com homepage : www.pecanquest.com Cliff
