From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 21:10:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4817B16A418 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:10:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dread@aceweb.com) Received: from smtp120.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com (smtp120.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.96.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E948813C4A5 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:10:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dread@aceweb.com) Received: (qmail 60983 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2007 21:10:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (donread@sbcglobal.net@70.135.3.248 with login) by smtp120.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Oct 2007 21:10:56 -0000 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:10:53 +0000 From: Don Read To: freebsd@celestial.com Message-ID: <20071002211053.1091a6dd@aceweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20071002203711.GA12392@ayn.mi.celestial.com> References: <20071001005437.GA15279@bsd.remdog.net> <20071002191117.GA32593@ozzmosis.com> <20071002203711.GA12392@ayn.mi.celestial.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.1 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mutt Help 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: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:10:58 -0000 On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 Bill Campbell said: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007, andrew clarke wrote: > >On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > >By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. > >Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is > >your login name. > > I thought that the default for fetchmail was to pass the messages > to the system's MTA (postfix, sendmail, etc.), not to attempt > delivery itself. > > Bill Correct. quote: As each message is retrieved, fetchmail normally delivers it via SMTP to port 25 on the machine it is running on (localhost), just as though it were being passed in over a normal TCP/IP link. fetchmail provides the SMTP server with an envelope recipient derived in the manner described previously. The mail will then be delivered locally via your system's MDA (Mail Delivery Agent, usually sendmail(8) but your system may use a different one such as smail, mmdf, exim, postfix, or qmail). All the delivery-control mechanisms (such as .forward files) normally available through your system MDA and local delivery agents will there- fore work automatically. If no port 25 listener is available, but your fetchmail configuration was told about a reliable local MDA, it will use that MDA for local delivery instead. /quote $ man fetchmail Regards, -- Don Read dread@aceweb.com -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.