Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:36:03 -0800 From: "Gary Schenk" <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: newbie mail help Message-ID: <003901c2c298$f4a27420$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com> References: <15913.7775.157128.271738@guru.mired.org> <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com> <20030121125336.GA657@gothmog.gr>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Gary Schenk" <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:53 AM Subject: Re: newbie mail help First, thanks to Mike, Giorgos, Scott and others for trying to help. > On 2003-01-20 16:32, Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> wrote: > > I am attempting to use Pine with fetchmail and sendmail over a cable > > modem to my ISP. > > > > There is some basic setting that I am unaware of. I now can send > > mail and newsgroup messages out over the internet, but the return > > address is incorrect. It uses my pc account login ID, gschenk, as > > the left side of my address instead of my ISP account name of > > gwschenk. Where is this configured? It doesn't seem to be setup in > > .pinerc or .fetchmailrc. Is it in sendmail somewhere? > > You should add (or mofidy appropriately) the following to your > .pinerc file: > > feature-list=allow-changing-from > default-composer-hdrs=From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, > To:, > Cc:, > Bcc:, > Attchmnt:, > Subject: > Did that. When I send test mail Pine still gives the wrong return address. > The allow-changing-from feature allows editing of the From: header for > all outgoing messages when enabled, and the default-composer-hdrs sets > some of the headers for your outgoing messages to reasonable defaults. > <snip> > > How do I know I have a port 25? > > How do I know it is listening at port 25? > > Use sockstat(1). > > $ sockstat -l4 | grep :25 > root sendmail 445 4 tcp4 *:25 *:* Yes, sendamil is listening on port 25. <snip> Mike has suggested that Pine does not need fetchmail. That makes sense. In the Pine man pages it says c-client is used to access mail severs. I cannot find help for c-client. Nor do I find a place to tell Pine about my ISP's pop3 server. In chapter 25 of FreeBSD Unleashed it states that fetchmail is needed for mutt and Pine. I chose to install Pine because I believed it to be a beginner's program. I tried to setup Balsa, and no matter what I place in the settings preferences I can't get it to work either. It seems a simple problem. I have mail on my ISP's pop3 server. I want to retrieve it and read it. "Get this there and bring it here". It seems simple, but how do I tell FreeBSD to do this? This is incredibly frustrating. Not just for me, I've gotten email from another beginner who can't get his mail to work either. Perhaps this is a question for the documentation project? Gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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