Hi there


Martin Henne wrote:

> I'm using debian sid and I never cared much about
> exim until today. I'm trying to configure it in a
> way, that it uses my ISP's smtp server to send my
> emails (created on the console using 'mail').
>
> I cannot figure out, how. I know, this might be a
> silly question, but I'm totally confused about ssmt,
> sendmail, qmail, fetchmail, mutt, exim4 and how it
> all comes together.

Tell Exim to use the incoming mail server of your ISP as it's smarthost.
It's probably a better idea to send mail directly to it's final
destination though.

> actually I just want to be able to use console
> software like mutt or mail instead of kmail or
> mozilla thunderbird. But this seems to be a hard
> task....

http://www.sput.nl/software/exim.html
There are some links at the bottom. And of course http://www.exim.org/
Also have a look at RFC 0821 / 2821. Telnet to the SMTP (25) port of
your (ISP's) server and type some SMTP commands. This way you can learn
SMTP quickly and debug your server setup.


Regards,
Rob
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