Re: Mutt + Fetchmail

From: Jiann-Ming Su (sujiannming_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/30/05

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    On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:41:01 -0500, Aperez <alfredoj69@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Hello there: I am using Fetchmail + Mutt to get my emails. When I run
    > fetchmail, I noticed that fetchmail downloads all my messages but when I
    > run mutt, I dont see any of my new emails. Is there a good how-to to
    > configure this two applications? Does anybody knows where the problem is?
    >

    Fetchmail grabs email from your ISP and makes it look like email was
    delivered directly to your local computer. So, your local computer
    must be capable of receiving email. As others have pointed out, you
    need a MTA like exim, postfix, sendmail, qmail, etc. 

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