From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 3 06:58:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFAC16A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2004 06:58:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.oisca.org (mail.oisca.org [164.46.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E84543D70 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2004 06:58:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp) Received: from [192.168.1.35] (165.191.192.61.tokyo.bflets.alpha-net.ne.jp [61.192.191.165]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by mail.oisca.org (8.12.11/8.11.3) with ESMTP id i736vtap029677; Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:58:02 +0900 Message-ID: <410F374B.7090803@me.point.ne.jp> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:57:15 +0900 From: Srot BULL User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040802) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sven Pfeifer References: <410EFF57.7030507@me.point.ne.jp> <20040803064221.GA88678@yagonna.de> In-Reply-To: <20040803064221.GA88678@yagonna.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MUTT - fetchmail? procmail? or only need sendmail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 06:58:04 -0000 Thank you very much... Now...after a needed rest (because of my first encounter of muttrc last night)...I will continue my reading on fetchmail and then procmail... About Sendmail and Postfix...I will see until where can I handle things...hehe Many thanks to you again... Have a nice day! Srot BULL > Srot BULL wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I hope that you guys are in the mood to help me out here. >> >>The Short version: >>I just want to use mutt as my MUA. > > > OK, so far. > > >>The Long version: >>I just want to use mutt as my MUA. >>I have diffirent email accounts (all POP Accounts) and I want all emails >>delivered in different mailboxes that I have created and have mutt read >>them. > > > ThatŽs exactly what I do here. > > >>I went to the mutt homepage and read about mutt not being able to filter >>emails. It mentioned about fetchmail and procmail. I did some reading >>but somehow...i give-up maybe because I have been comtemplating and been >>doing some reading in mutt for days now. I have finally finished my >>muttrc but, I still use mutt only for testing (i am presently using >>thunderbird as you can see). >>Now, what would you guys do if you have different POP mail accounts and >>want them delivered in specific folders. >>Do I really have to use fetchmail to retrieve my emails > > > Yes, you have to. > > First of all I use fetchmail to get all my mail from the different > locations. Here you can find a sample ~/.fetchmailrc > > ---8<-- > ### location #1 ### > poll mailserver.location1.com > proto POP3 > user username_on_first_remote_server > password password_for_user_on_first_remote_server > is local_username > > ### location #2 ### > poll mailout.location2.net > proto POP3 > user username_on_second_remote_server > password password_for_user_on_second_remote_server > is local_username > -->8--- > > >>and have procmail delivered them to my folders > > > Why not, procmail does itŽs job very well. > > HereŽs the way, I configured procmail (just a sample) in > ~/.procmailrc. > > ---8<-- > ###~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~### > ### my first email ### > ###________________### > :0: > * ^To:.*my-first-email@location1.com > in/my-first-email > > ###~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~### > ### my second email ### > ###_________________### > :0: > * ^To:.*my-second-email@location1.com > in/my-second-email > --->8-- > > >>and then have sendmail deliver all >>my outgoing emails? > > > No, here you can use another MTA (e.g. Postfix, Exim, etc.). > But for mutt itŽs necesary, that there is a local MTA listening > on port 25. I prefere Postfix, but if you like Sendmail, there > should be no problem. > > >>Can't sendmail do this all? > > > No, Sendmail is just a MTA. There is no way to fetch mails > from POP-accounts. > > >>If you have combinations that you can share please do. > > > In order te let Mutt know of all these mailboxes, I use > the option "mailboxes" in my ~/.muttrc. > > ---8<-- > mailboxes ! \ # local mailbox (/var/mail/$USERNAME) > =in/my-first-email \ > =in/my-second-email > -->8--- > > >>Thanks and hope to hear from anybody... >> >>Srot BULL > > > HTH > > Sven >