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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

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