is there a simple exim4-smtp howto?

Hi there,

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.

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....




Martin

Martin Henne a écrit :
> Hi there,
>
> 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.
>
> 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....
>
>
>
>
> Martin
>
Hi,

See the link : http://arnofear.free.fr/linux/exim4-1.php
Sorry the web site is french...
Bye

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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