Send/receive mail in text mode in ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Rashkae wrote:

> Sauro Cesaretti wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I'm sorry if it could be a bit OT.
>> 
>> I've just configured mutt and fetchmail to receive mail under ubuntu and
>> I used nbsmtp to send mail using mutt as well.
>> After that when I tried to retrieve the messages with fetchmail, it gave
>> me a problem and it said that it can't connect
>> To 127.0.0.1/25 and it said that it couldn't find the smtp server in
>> localhost.
>> Do you know which could be the problem?
>> Could it depend on firewall?
>> or should I install other packages?
>> 
> 
> You'll need a local mail delivery mechanism... Just your luck, Ubuntu is
> about the only Linux distro that doesn't include any by default.

He's got nbsmtp...
> 
> I would suggest installing Postfix package.
> 
> Mutt can also then use this instead of nbsmtp, but since that one is
> already configured to forward mail to your ISP mail server, it's
> probably best not to rock that boat.

???  That doesn't make any sense.  He sure doesn't need Postfix AND nbsmtp. 
nbsmtp can't be running, or it would open port 25.
-- 
derek