Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-03 Thread Mark Wagnon
Okay, I couldn't figure out what I did wrong with setting up exim. so I re-installed slink and started from there. I repeated the steps Stephen and Didi gave me and now I have mail!!! Cool. Thanks guys. Now all I have to do is learn the ins and outs of mutt :) --

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Pollywog
On 02-Jul-99 Mark Wagnon wrote: > Didi Damian wrote: >> >> The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having >> 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: > > It's in there. In fact it was in there twice, so I removed one. > > [snip] > >> >> I haven't messed with SMT

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Didi Damian
Mark Wagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Didi Damian wrote: > > > > The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having > > 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: > > It's in there. In fact it was in there twice, so I removed one. > > [snip] > > > > > I haven't messed

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Mark Wagnon
Didi Damian wrote: > > The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having > 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: It's in there. In fact it was in there twice, so I removed one. [snip] > > I haven't messed with SMTP in inetd at all but I would restore the entry in

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Didi Damian
The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: # Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this option # is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the # qualify_recipient value is used as

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Mark Wagnon
Thanks Stephen and Didi for replying. Okay, I installed fetchmail and created my .fetchmailrc file. I configured exim using the #2 option and added my mail server as the smarthost. When I ran fetchmail -v with mail on the server I got an error (something about localhost). When I ran it without ma

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Didi Damian
OK, I'm on my turf here. Got @home too. > > I've decided to try and configure my home system to send and > receive email the right way (not using Netscape). The reason for > the switch is that I eventually want to be able to access my email > remotely using telnet/ssh (another thing I need to lea

Re: Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread smpitts
I've got basically the same situation, except I live in Memphis and use the Time Warner Roadrunner system. First of all, to send outgoing mail with exim, select the "smarthost" configuration, and enter [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s outgoing SMTP server as the smarthost. Also, make sure that you enter 'loca

Email Config Questions

1999-07-02 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all; I've decided to try and configure my home system to send and receive email the right way (not using Netscape). The reason for the switch is that I eventually want to be able to access my email remotely using telnet/ssh (another thing I need to learn about). I have a few questions about set