[gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Lavender]

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Actually the subject is not correct . The emails
I sent before were writtern on a web page , not on 
linux system , because I haven't install a KDE
desktop which means I only can work under linux
terminal.
So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could
I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
terminal?



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Re: [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 22.10.2011 11:47, schrieb Lavender:
> Actually the subject is not correct . The emails
> I sent before were writtern on a web page , not on 
> linux system , because I haven't install a KDE
> desktop which means I only can work under linux
> terminal.
> So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could
> I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> terminal?
> 
> 
> 
> 

Take a look at mail-client/mutt.
http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttGuide

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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Re: [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Mick]

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On Saturday 22 Oct 2011 10:47:55 Lavender wrote:
> Actually the subject is not correct . The emails
> I sent before were writtern on a web page , not on
> linux system , because I haven't install a KDE
> desktop which means I only can work under linux
> terminal.

Well, there's more than one ways to achieve the same result.

You can continue to use a webmail account with a text mode web browser.  There 
are a few to choose from - some will work better than others:

 www-client/elinks

 www-client/links

 www-client/lynx
 
If your webmail provider has a correctly coded their webmail page then you 
should not have a problem accessing your messages with any of the above 
browsers, using SSL connection.


Alternatively, you can use a mail client from within a console or an X 
terminal like:

 mail-client/mutt

 mail-client/alpine

 mail-client/pine

Most of these require that you learn their respective key-binding commands, 
but have extensive documentation.  mutt is probably used more widely these 
days and there are a few users in this M/L familiar with it.

HTH.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Lavender]

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>Well, there's more than one ways to achieve the same result.
>
>You can continue to use a webmail account with a text mode web browser.  There 
>are a few to choose from - some will work better than others:
>
> www-client/elinks
>
> www-client/links
>
> www-client/lynx
> 
>Ha , the language I use is Chinese ,although I can install some kinds
of software to show Chinese under console I wouldn't like do it .
>
>Alternatively, you can use a mail client from within a console or an X 
>terminal like:
>
> mail-client/mutt
>
> mail-client/alpine
>
> mail-client/pine
>
>Most of these require that you learn their respective key-binding commands, 
>but have extensive documentation.  mutt is probably used more widely these 
>days and there are a few users in this M/L familiar with it.
>
So I think I should read documentation about  mutt.
Thank you very much !

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Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Lavender]

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>Take a look at mail-client/mutt.
>http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttGuide
>
>Regards,
>Florian Philipp
>
> Thanks a lot , I will try it out.

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Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Philip Webb]

111022 Lavender wrote:
> Florian Philipp wrote:
>> Take a look at mail-client/mutt.
>> http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttGuide
> Thanks a lot , I will try it out.

Yes, I 3rd or 4th Mutt, which I've been using happily since c 1998 :
very simple, very powerful, very configurable, very reliable.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[James]

Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:

> So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could 
> I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> terminal?

A long time ago there was command line syntax called
"mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure
the old unix sources are around, but it may require
sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is
not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are
a stretch if you really want the truth)....


Very useful for a variety of uses....

I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
i Have never used this package....

Come to think about it, the old mail command line
stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
recall the details......

http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/

hth,

James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Todd Goodman]

* James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> [111026 12:26]:
> Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:
> 
> > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could 
> > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> > terminal?
> 
> A long time ago there was command line syntax called
> "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure
> the old unix sources are around, but it may require
> sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is
> not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are
> a stretch if you really want the truth)....
> 
> 
> Very useful for a variety of uses....
> 
> I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
> i Have never used this package....
> 
> Come to think about it, the old mail command line
> stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
> recall the details......
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/
> 
> hth,
> 
> James
> 

There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're
thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different
mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.)

But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did
use it for such for a number of years in the 80s...

Todd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Mick]

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On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 17:51:08 Todd Goodman wrote:
> * James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> [111026 12:26]:
> > Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:
> > > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> > > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> > > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> > > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could
> > > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> > > terminal?
> > 
> > A long time ago there was command line syntax called
> > "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure
> > the old unix sources are around, but it may require
> > sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is
> > not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are
> > a stretch if you really want the truth)....
> > 
> > 
> > Very useful for a variety of uses....
> > 
> > I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
> > i Have never used this package....
> > 
> > Come to think about it, the old mail command line
> > stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
> > recall the details......
> > 
> > http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/
> > 
> > hth,
> > 
> > James
> 
> There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're
> thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different
> mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.)
> 
> But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did
> use it for such for a number of years in the 80s...

I think that mailx is installed as a dependency on a gentoo system (unless it 
is seriously stripped down?)

Just run mail in a terminal and it'll tell you if there is any messages 
waiting for you.  To send (outside your OS) you'll need to install and 
configure ssmtp, or sendmail, or postfix, or any other MTA in portage.  For more 
info look at man mailx or man mail.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Todd Goodman]

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

Yes, sorry, I meant to type "UNIX MUAs" above.  It is just an MUA and
not an MTA.

Todd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:
> 
> > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could 
> > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> > terminal?
> 
> A long time ago there was command line syntax called
> "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure
> the old unix sources are around, but it may require
> sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is
> not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are
> a stretch if you really want the truth)....
> 
> 
> Very useful for a variety of uses....
> 
> I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
> i Have never used this package....
> 
> Come to think about it, the old mail command line
> stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
> recall the details......

mail is awesome and still very much around. I have versions called
mailx, nail and a few others too - it's wonderful for sending mail from
cron scripts


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