From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 11:49:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D2F16A41F for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:49:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D72543D55 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:49:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-8) with SMTP id jBFBnOcK010047; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:49:24 +0200 Received: by flame.pc (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DBC7011453; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:48:28 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:48:28 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: caleb Message-ID: <20051215114828.GB1608@flame.pc> References: <20051215173501.X3683@nebuchadnezzar.my.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051215173501.X3683@nebuchadnezzar.my.domain> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt , RW Subject: Re: pine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:49:27 -0000 On 2005-12-15 17:44, caleb wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am thinkng of switching ISP's, registering a domain and setting up > my own mail server. [...] > The ISP I am using (according to thier 'technical support') does not > use any encryption with the POP server and I am able to telnet into > the SMTP server on port 25 and have my way with it. [...] > I also plan to try thunderbird (*sigh* I have to use X), to see if > there is any difference between it's connection and pine's FWIW, the easiest way, by far, to configure outgoing email access once and for all, for any possible mailer or other program that runs on your machine is to configure Sendmail or install another equally powerful MTA, like Postfix. If you have a static IP address of your own, and a registered domain name (which seems to be the plan, as far as I can tell), this is immensely useful & easy to set up. Then you don't have to worry about picking out the "right" application (Pine or Mutt or Mozilla or Thunderbird or whatever) to match the settings of your ISP, because those are abstracted away by your local mail server. - Giorgos