Send/receive mail in text mode in ubuntu

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Wed Oct 3 03:19:35 UTC 2007


Sauro Cesaretti wrote:
> Hello everyone again,
> 
> First of all, I'd like to avoid postfix and sendmail.
> I made some tests and this is rhe result.
> As I told you before I installed nbsmtp to handle outgoing mails and after I
> thought to install
> Exim4 to  solve the error of fetchmail.
> After that, I could receive the mail without any problem but when I tried to
> send one message I discovered that apt have removed the nbsmtp package by
> itself.
> Maybe because they couldn't live together but what should I do now?
> How can I fix this problem?
>

Ok, sorry about that.. I guess you'd be best returning to nbsmtp for 
sending mail.

you can use maildrop or procmail with fetchmail for local delivery.  It 
looks as though fetchmail recomends using maildrop, and you'll find 
configuration instructions in the fetchmail man page.




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