On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 09:34:57PM -0500, Rich Lafferty wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 01:25:00PM +1100, Jeff Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any way to configure mutt to send mail through a non-local SMTP
> > server?
> >
> > Yes, I've read the FAQ entry saying "this ain't mutt's job", but.. all mutt
> > does is send mail to *some* SMTP server.
>
> No, that's precisely what it does *not* do. It calls a command-line
> program, usually sendmail. While on most Internet-connected systems,
> that command-line program will then send the message out over SMTP,
> there's nothing guaranteeing that that's the case. Mutt, as should
> every well-behaved Unix mail program, leaves transporting mail to the
> mail transport.
Ahhh..
<*clink*, penny drops>
I've used so many MUAs that send mail via SMTP that I thought it was the
standard MUA->MTA mechanism. kmail, pine, gmail, netscape... in fact the only
one that doesn't is good old 'mail'.
Thanks :)
(and sorry to bystanders all this non-mutt-related chatter)
--Jeff
> -Rich
>
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