Re: Mail HowTo

[Gil Andre <gandre@arkeia.com>]

Hello John,

I am new to this list, and I hope I'll be able to be of
assistance...

Most of the information needed to configure UNIX (and Linux)
software is contained in files named "dot-files". These files
are usually put into your "home" directory and start with a
dot (hence the name!). To view these files, enter the
following command:
ls -a

You will find yourself with a long list of files, the one 
you are looking for is ".pinerc". ("man ls" for more help
on using ls).

To edit the file, just enter the following command:
vi .pinerc

If you don't like "vi", you can substitute your favourite
editor:
nano .pinerc
emacs .pinerc

(...etc...)

The .pinerc file itself contains a large amount of comments
to help you configure it. Make sure you read each comment
carefully before changing the contents of the file.

If you cannot find the .pinerc file, just run pine and it'll
probably create this file in your /home directory.

Two comments on your message:

A. You usually need only two piece of information to receive
and send email: your SMTP server address and your POP3/IMAP
server address. The SMTP server is used to send mail and your
POP3/IMAP server is used to receive mail. If you'd like more
information on all these protocols, you may want to read
the information at the LDP (Linux Documentation Project), at
the following address:
http://www.linuxdoc.org

For instance, here is what I use to connect to my Yahoo! email
account:
SMTP server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
POP3 server: pop.mail.yahoo.com

B. Based on (A), I think that all you really need are the
addresses of the email servers of the "webhosting" company.
You may also want to check if these people can "redirect"
the email received to your main (DSL company) email address.

For instance, I have the email address "gil@gilandre.org"
redirected to another address I use from home. This is 
completely transparent for you, and it allows you to have
multiple addresses/aliases all "pointing" at the same
address.

Hope this helps... It's been a long time since I have 
configured "Pine" (I prefer mutt myself).

Take care!


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Gil Andre -- Technical Writer -- Knox Software
            gandre@arkeia.com
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