Send email from the command line (Konsole)

[OOzy Pal]

I am still reading and working on configuring postfix but can't I just
configure mutt like I configure Thunderbird by supplying my webhost
pop3 and smtp?

On 11/1/06, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/30/06, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 30/10/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Guys/Gals,
> > > >
> > > > I really got addicted to the command line and sometime I need to send
> > > > a quick email without firing up my Kmail or Thunderbird.
> > > >
> > > mailx is the traditional answer, but won't do attachments
> > > mutt will do attachments
> > > either will require postfix or similar running.
> > >
> >
> > I have both postfix and mutt installed but I could not setup postfix.
>
> What did you try?   Did you read the man page and or visit the postfix site?
> See http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html
>
> IIRC the last time I set up postfix I added a real account to the root
> alias at the end of
> /etc/postfix/aliases,  ran 'newaliases', and inserted
>   mynetworks_style = host
>   relayhost = [my outgoing smtp server name here]
> into /etc/postfix/main.cf
> and reloaded postfix
>
> perhaps you missed the aliases step?  It won't start without a valid root alias
>
> Brian
>
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