On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:31:04PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 03:19:09PM +1100, Lux Zhang wrote: > > Hi, > > my ISP request "From" and smtp server be set in order to send out email. > > my question is that > > how to set the "from'header and 'SMTP' server for mutt? > > Two parts. In ~/.muttrc, put: > > set from="Lux Zhang <yuanlux@xxxxxxxxx>" > > > And mutt really does require you to be running some form of Mail > Transport Agent, such as sendmail, locally. A minimal sendmail, with > a smarthost defined to point at your ISP's smtp server, is all you > need. > The latest mutt (1.5.16) does actually have a built-in MTA function if it's selected at build time. > On sendmail, the easist way to do this is to set an outgoing server in > /etc/mail/mailertable with a line such as: > > . smtp:[smtp-server.your-isp.com] > > and restart sendmail. > > Thanks, > Matt > > -- > Matt Domsch > Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO > linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Chris Green
