Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:46:33 -0800 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Joel Dinel <dinjo@touchtunes.com> Cc: weiwuzhang@263.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: config mail client Message-ID: <20020322204633.GG97991@helios.dub.net> In-Reply-To: <20020322145742.A52883@sunder.touchtunes.com> References: <F244n4DVvm24TzmKYTg00021a4b@hotmail.com> <20020322145742.A52883@sunder.touchtunes.com>
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 at 14:57:42 -0500, Joel Dinel wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 03:50:00AM +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > > But how to config my BSD system so that when I send a mail using > > 'mail' it knows which smtp server to use and which pop3 server to > > check for incoming mails? If it takes steps to do it > > The 'mail' command will use the local MTA (Mail Transfert Agent) to > send your mail. In this case, the default is Sendmail. [snip...] > Sendmail will not fetch your POP3 mail. That's not its job. You'll > need 'procmail' for that. It's in the ports tree. > > You can mail me if you need more info on ports tree, or configuring > procmail. It's not procmail's job either :-) Take a look at fetchmail or one of the other mail fetching utilities in the ports tree. - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> http://soupnazi.org/ | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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