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From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
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To: Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: newbie mail help
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On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Gary Schenk wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Shantanu Mahajan wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: newbie mail help
> > >
<major snippage>
> > > # cd /etc/mail
> > > # make
> > > # vi `hostname`.mc
> > >
> > > now change the line
> > > dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server')
> > > to
> > > define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server')
> > >
> > > (don't fotget to _replace_ *your.isp.mail.server*)
> > > then
> > > # make
> > > # killall -HUP sendmail
> > >
> > > That's all. :-)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Shantanu
> >
> > Is all this required? Couldn't POP mail just be gotten in the normal way
> > with e.g. kmail or netscape or mozilla? The above will allow you to use
> > all manner of *nix email clients, but have you tried just setting up (say)
> > mozilla mail or kmail in the normal fashion?
> >
> > Just a thought - JB
> >
> >
> 
> I've been trying to use the command  line as much as possible in seting up
> FreeBSD. I hope that this will give me a better understanding of the OS,
> however this is quite a task. So I have not tried to setup one of the
> desktop mail clients. I do need my email functioning however, and I am going
> to try to setup Balsa now.
> 
> Whatever I read about sendmail just makes my poor head spin. It is like
> reading a foreign language.
> 
> Thanks to all who have responded to my plea for help.
> 
> Gary
> 

Yep - email servers are pernicious, complex beasties, some worse than 
others. Fortunately, most of Unix is not nearly so complex.

Good luck - JB

#  John Bleichert 
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