On 12May2012 19:34, Jim Graham <spooky1...@gmail.com> wrote: | On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:23:53AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > I use the mutt from MacPorts (WELL worth installing - very easy and | > gives you access to a HUGE suite of common UNIX tools). If you install | > MacPorts it is important to use "mutt-devel" instead of "mutt" as the | > package name; the former is the modern 1.5 series mutt while the latter | > is the stodgy old 1.4 series mutt: | | Good to know...thanks. I'm also going to have to (hopefully) remember | the set of options I set to use Gmail to SEND mail, and fetchmail to | get mail, and procmail as my MDA/mail filter. But that's all simple | enough...at least, I think I remember it being really simple (except | sendmail---it's been a LONG time since configuring sendmail was simple; | those .m4 files are far more confusing than sendmail.cf, and since I | don't have the Sendmail Nutshell book anymore....).
Macs ship with postfix, far easier to configure than sendmail. Look at /etc/postfix/main.cf; lots of comments etc. You're mostly interested in $myorigin and $relayhost. "postconf" recites the active settings; "postfix check" does a sanity check. "postfix reload" to reconsult main.cf. "mailq" as usual to consult the outbound mail queue. "postfix flush" to flush the queue after a config change. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. - Mr. Boffo
