Hi Everybody,
I need some advice on how to properly configure Mutt on my machine. I
have a DSL connection with a POP account with my ISP. So far, i've
tried to use fetchmail, sendmail and Mutt to handle mail on my machine.
I am the only user on this system.
First of all, I can't figure out how to change the display Email address
from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" on the messages I
send out.
Also, sendmail takes care of sending my emails but, for security
reasons, I thought i'd configure Mutt to connect to my ISP's SMTP server
and shutdown sendmail altogether. The less services running the
better. I'm not sure if this can be done or if it's wise to do so. My
guess is that fetchmail won't work properly because from what I
understand, it hands off any new messages to sendmail and it takes care
of the rest. I remember reading somewhere in the documentation that
Mutt can retrieve my mail from my POP account. However, does sendmail
need to be running to handle incoming mail properly?
Ideally, I'd like to get Mutt configured so that I can start using it
and in time, get to know it better. It looks like a pretty capable mail
client.
Any ideas on the best way to setup Mutt on a standalone linux machine
using an external POP account? Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Parker
