From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323B03EA12 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:13:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB71Dap27600 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:13:36 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB71DZn29279 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:13:35 -0500 Received: from idscc07.onewest.net (idscc07.onewest.net [199.104.81.26]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fB71DZw29275 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:13:35 -0500 Received: from rupin.localnet (ras221-192.srv.net [12.7.221.192]) by idscc07.onewest.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB719ED30992 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:09:15 -0700 Received: from localhost (lcr@localhost) by rupin.localnet (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB71Cb903082 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:12:37 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:12:36 -0700 (MST) From: "L. C. Robinson" To: Subject: Re: Mail HowTo In-Reply-To: <01fc01c17e92$6241f7e0$e08caad8@tds.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > If I get hold of such a HowTo I'll post the URL to the list, > unless, of course, someone on the list actually provides it. All of the most current HOWTOs should be at http://www.linuxdoc.org/, or at the beginning of the HOWTOs, there should be a pointer to where the most current one is. Most distributions install a set of them in /usr/doc/HOWTO, or more currently, /usr/share/doc/HOWTO, on your local hard drive. See below for specific info... > > -----Original Message----- > > [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of John J. Boyer > > > > ... > > I've been reading the manuals for Fetchmail and Pine, but I can't quite The other posters have explained about fetchmail and pine, so I skip that. > > figure out where to put the various information for setting up an e-mail > > account. So I'm wondering if there is a howto that explains step by step > > what to do to set upo an e-mail account in RedHat. I recently posted detailed directions for RedHat systems running sendmail. You can find it in the blinux archives under the subject heading: "Re: sendmail problem" There is an attachment called sendmail-masq-add.mc and that name also appears in the body of the message (good search string). > > My current e-mail address, director@chpi.org is provided by > > our Webhosting service. We also have DSL from a different > > company. To set up this account on Linux, i will have to > > specify the webhosting company's server for incoming mail, > > the DSL company's server for outgoing mail, So the DSL company would probably be known to "sendmail" as your gateway: dnl "dnl" starts a comment dnl Add this if your ISP requires you to use an outgoing mail gateway: dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your_DSL_companys_gateway_mail_server.net') dnl Example: define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.DSLprovider.net') > > the account name assigned to be by the Webhosting company, my > > e-mail name, "director", and of course my password with the > > ... So you may want to have your mail appear to come from that address, or in other words, be masqueraded: dnl MASQUERADE_AS(your_ISP.net) dnl This is the machine you would pop your mail from (probably using fetchmail). dnl Example: MASQUERADE_AS(onewest.net) Sendmail also has some schemes for aliasing. Everyone should have, for instance, root aliased to their normal user account, in /etc/aliases (run "newaliases" after making any changes, to update the hashed database), so that system reports come to them. Never read mail as root. LCR -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html