From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 9 22: 8:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.gss-ltd.com (gss-customer.caucasus.net [204.142.92.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB76015328 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:08:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nugzar@caucasus.net) Received: from caucasus.net ([192.168.0.14]) by server.gss-ltd.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA05305; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:02:58 GMT Message-ID: <37D8A0D2.B39D459D@caucasus.net> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:10:26 +0400 From: Nugzar Nebieridze X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en,ru,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mik Thwaite Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting up mail/sendmail References: <37D7B8F6.1FA8EC1A@cisco.com> <19990909165907.A51179@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <00f401befb13$15538ca0$010101ac@mik> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I suppose you must use fetchmail. It is very simple to use. As root you create ~/.fetchmailrc and edit it see man fetchmail. Then when you get connected to your ISP, you simply run fetchmail and that's it. Nugzar. Mik Thwaite wrote: > I'm trying to send e-mail from my FreeBSD box. I've looked at the man pages > and through the help files for sendmail. > > I'm now very confused. > > I can dial in using ppp to my isp and ping my pop server and my smtp server > but have no idea what the next step to get my e-mail from the account onto > my machine is. > > If anyone can offer a quick guide to how to get and send e-mail over the web > then I'd be very greatful. > > I don't have static IP address from my ISP either, is this a major problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mik > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message