From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 7 17:53:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23713 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:53:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA23616 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:53:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from radan@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.11 #1) id 109fcJ-0003rl-00; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:36:04 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id BAA00523; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:35:56 GMT Received: (from radan@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00851; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:15:29 GMT (envelope-from radan) Message-ID: <19990208011529.B547@localhost> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:15:29 +0000 From: Radan login To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with sending a PR References: <36BC8418.F90E22AA@uk.radan.com> <36BCFCE6.2A48575A@uk.radan.com> <19990207151411.A86778@freebie.lemis.com> <36BE1A19.E21D508D@uk.radan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 12:34:40AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 12:34:40AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Mark Ovens writes: > > Now all I've got to do is figure out how to make sendmail send my mail > > (you'll notice from the header that I sent this message with Netscape). > > I've looked at the manpage, the handbook, FAQ, and The Book but they > > haven't really helped, they seem more to do with receiving mail. Is > > there a good guide to setting up sendmail to _send_ mail using a dial-up > > connection? Something like the mutt manual > > (/usr/local/share/doc/mutt/manual.html)? > > It's trivial. Assuming sendmail is installed (make world will do this > unless you disable it in /etc/make.conf), just hit "send" and sendmail > does the rest. > > You might want to create a /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup which looks like this: > > MYADDR: > add! default HISADDR > bg sendmail -q > > (you probably already have the 'add! default HISADDR' there) > > This will force sendmail to process the mail queue when you connect to > your ISP (so you can compose mail offline, then the next time you > connect all the mail you've queued up will be sent) > Thanks, I've edited ppp.linkup. Now lets see if it works.... > You might also want to run sendmail in the background (rc.network > starts it unless you've disabled it in rc.conf) so that it regularly > tries to send mail that it wasn't able to deliver on the first > attempt. > > > One last thing. I still haven't learned all the keystrokes in mutt yet > > and sometimes use the wrong one, e.g. ``f'' to move to the next page (as > > in vi). However as this means ``forward'' I get a ``To: '' prompt. How > > do I cancel it? ESC and Ctrl-D don't work, Ctrl-C does but asks ``Exit > > mutt?'' with ``y'' as the default answer. What is the correct key to > > cancel a command? > > Dunno, I don't use mutt, I use Gnus :) > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message