Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of MUA Configuration

Timestamp:

07/21/06 15:54:54 (20 years ago)

Author:

dkg@…

Comment:

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MUA Configuration

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 Note that `mutt` requires there to be a running sendmail-style interface on your local machine in order to send mail.  Most UNIX-style machines have such a service in place.  `mutt` simply hands off outgoing mail to that interface, and doesn't need to connect to an outbound server at all.  If your computer does not have such a system in place, you might consider [http://freshmeat.net/projects/nullmailer/ nullmailer] or an even simpler tool like [http://packages.debian.org/stable/mail/ssmtp ssmtp].
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+=== `/usr/bin/mail` ===
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+`/usr/bin/mail` on the CAL Configured Workstations is provided by [http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/ GNU mailutils].  This version of `mail` is IMAP-capable.
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+To access the inbox for user `foo` from `mail`, invoke it in the following way:
+{{{
+mail --tls=yes -f imap://foo@mail.astro.columbia.edu/
+}}}
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+[wiki:dkg] is working to make this transparent enough on the Configured Workstations that a simple `mail` invocation will be all that is needed.