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Hi!
I'm going to use elm as a console mail client....

In window98 outlook express can fetch mails from a remote
mail server and send mails also....

Is is possible to use elm like outlook express?
Namely, Can elm fetch mails from a remote mail server using pop3?
Can elm send mails to a remote mail server using smtp?

If possible, how can I configurate elm?
If not possible, what the other applications should I use?

Please help me~

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Quote:>Is is possible to use elm like outlook express?
>Namely, Can elm fetch mails from a remote mail server using pop3?
>Can elm send mails to a remote mail server using smtp?

Never used elm, so I don't know. Type 'man elm', and 'man sendmail' to see
if you can find out anything.

Quote:>If possible, how can I configurate elm?

Again, I don't know about elm itself, but that is not generally the linux
way, I think. What you probably want is fetchmail, a separate program which
gets mail from just about any type of mail server there is, and stores it in
whatever mailbox you tell it to. Type 'man fetchmail' for more info. You'll
have to do a bit of fiddling around with it to make it work smoothly with
your email reader (elm.)

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Quote:> Who ever said Lee soonki couldn't write what follows?:
>>Is is possible to use elm like outlook express?
>>Namely, Can elm fetch mails from a remote mail server using pop3?
>>Can elm send mails to a remote mail server using smtp?
> Never used elm, so I don't know. Type 'man elm', and 'man sendmail' to see
> if you can find out anything.

elm is a mail READER. If you want to download mail, you should use
fetchmail, which passes the mail to your MDA, which is then readable by elm.

sendmail -q will then send out any mail you write.

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