Re: [PLUG] Configuring Mutt for Pop3 email

[John Beck <jbeck@jbwd.net>]

9/8/01 7:15:59 PM, Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com> wrote:

Hmmm...  Well, what I really need is a mail client that will handle POP3 
incoming mail, SMTP outgoing mail, and have support for GnuPG.  
I am using RH7.1 with the default version of Gnome.  This is an old machine
(P133 with 48 mb ram), so I need something smaller and lighter than say Evolution.
I would just use Netscape, but there isn't support for GnuPG (unless I missed it).

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.  This is a stand alone computer,
so nothing too elaborate, please.

Thanks!

>For pop3 support, have a look at
><http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#ss4.10>.  It appears you
>just set pop_host and pop_user in your .muttrc and then get your mail by
>hitting G (assuming you haven't changed the default keybinding).
>
>Mutt does not include support for sending mail via SMTP on its own.  The
>reason for this is explained at the very bottom of
><http://www.mutt.org/links.html>.  If you're interested in *only*
>sending mail, note the link for sSMTP; it's a minimalist MTA that only
>sends mail.  It does not receive or deliver mail locally.  Since you
>probably need local delivery anyway (cron jobs sending mail to their
>owners, system notifications to root, etc.), you shouldn't have to do
>anything extra if your MTA is configured properly.
>
>Well, that was neither verbose nor step-by-step, but I go to where my
>mail is rather than bringing it to me (except at work, where I do IMAP),
>so I really haven't messed with POP3.  Hope this helps, though.
>
>-- 
>Bill Jonas    *    bill@billjonas.com    *    http://www.billjonas.com/
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>be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
>this we should do freely and generously."          -- Benjamin Franklin
>
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