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* Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [111026 15:24]: |
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> On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 17:51:08 Todd Goodman wrote: |
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> > * James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> [111026 12:26]: |
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> > > Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes: |
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> > > > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot |
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> > > > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that |
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> > > > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no |
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> > > > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could |
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> > > > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under |
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> > > > terminal? |
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> > > |
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> > > A long time ago there was command line syntax called |
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> > > "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure |
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> > > the old unix sources are around, but it may require |
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> > > sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is |
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> > > not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are |
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> > > a stretch if you really want the truth).... |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Very useful for a variety of uses.... |
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> > > |
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> > > I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but |
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> > > i Have never used this package.... |
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> > > |
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> > > Come to think about it, the old mail command line |
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> > > stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to |
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> > > recall the details...... |
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> > > |
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> > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/ |
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> > > |
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> > > hth, |
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> > > |
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> > > James |
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> > |
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> > There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're |
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> > thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different |
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> > mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.) |
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> > |
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> > But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did |
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> > use it for such for a number of years in the 80s... |
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> |
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> I think that mailx is installed as a dependency on a gentoo system (unless it |
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> is seriously stripped down?) |
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> Just run mail in a terminal and it'll tell you if there is any messages |
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> waiting for you. To send (outside your OS) you'll need to install and |
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> configure ssmtp, or sendmail, or postfix, or any other MTA in portage. For more |
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> info look at man mailx or man mail. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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Yes, sorry, I meant to type "UNIX MUAs" above. It is just an MUA and |
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not an MTA. |
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Todd |
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