
                           The Linux Mail User HOWTO
                                       
@: John [1]esr@thyrsus.com
Ķ: Ĭ [2]softsprite@yeah.net

   v2.2, 07 May 1999 ½Ķ: 9 Feb 2000
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   HAо\ŪMail Administrator HOWTOC
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1. z

     * 1.1 媺s
     * 1.2 qll{ǭnDw
     * 1.3 qll{Ǫnӷ
       
2. lΤNz(MUA)

     * 2.1 ]mAlѼg 
     * 2.2 mutt
     * 2.3 elm
     * 2.4 pine
     * 2.5 Netscape
     * 2.6 Emacs rmail/smail M vm.
     * 2.7 BSD mail
     * 2.8 䥦ΤNz
       
3. ťDD

     * 3.1 OW
     * 3.2 H
     * 3.3 ۰ʦ^_
     * 3.4 lC
     * 3.5 lLo
     * 3.6 Coping with spam
       
4. 䥦H귽

     * 4.1 USENET
     * 4.2 y
     * 4.3 sDZ
     * 4.4 Where NOT to look for help
       
5. Cѭ_ʪlBzu@

     * 5.1 ^_
     * 5.2 vH
     * 5.3 Standard Disclaimer
     * 5.4 P
     _________________________________________________________________
   
1. z

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1.1 媺s

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1.2 qll{ǭnDw

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1.3 qll{Ǫnӷ

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2. lΤNz(MUA)

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   ҴyzǰeNz (MTA) C
   
2.1 ]mAlѼg

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   Emacs u@ܡA̦ĪkO N EDITOR ]m 'emacsclient'CNU
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(autoload 'server-edit "server" nil t)
(server-edit)
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2.2 mutt

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   CMutt Db [8]http://www.mutt.orgC
   
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2.3 elm

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   ҨNC @Ǫ elm m POP3 CnohHAаѦ
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   elm  PGPC PGP ɤBA Mutt  PGP 󰪯šCpGAQ
   ϥ PGP ܡAڱ MuttC
   
   Elm q EDITOR/VISUAL wC
   
2.4 pine

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   hHwAıo ROӤ֡AimtmʸtA۱as边
   ΡCOA IMAP nCpGAQo ܡAiH
   [10]http://www.washington.edu/pineC
   
   Pine q EDITOR/VISUAL wC
   
2.5 Netscape

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   ä˥A]äOM@ MUA ӳ]pA]H@ӯu MUA
   iHѧhA(pOWM PGP )C
   
   Netscape Ѥ@Ӧ۱aps边C
   
2.6 Emacs rmail/smail M vm.

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   ٬ rmailC Ab Emacs ҤѼglɡA smail ҦOD`
   (Цb媺䥦a d\ [11]emacsclient Q)C
   
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   pANb Emacs ROJ M-x unrmail )C
   
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   H GNU Emacs @_oAAiHXݥD
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   O EmacsC
   
2.7 BSD mail

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2.8 䥦ΤNz

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3. ťDD

3.1 OW

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     _________________________________________________________________
   
alias esr       Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
     _________________________________________________________________
   
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3.2 H

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3.3 ۰ʦ^_

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3.4 lC

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     _________________________________________________________________
   
admin-list:     ":include:/usr/home/admin/admin-list"
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     _________________________________________________________________
   
admin-list: "|/usr/home/smartlist/bin/flist admin-list"
admin-list-request: "|/usr/home/smartlist/bin/flist admin-list-request"
     _________________________________________________________________
   
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   ᪺뻼AĤ@뻼ɳ]m۰ʭq\DCAγ]mPwﶵC
   
   Mailing-list managers differ primarily in the design and range of
   these secondary features.
   
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   lC޲zhHAѦ [14]List-Managers Mailing ListA
   
3.5 lLo

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   eΩڵlC
   
   lLo\hΪkC̭nOsiLoAھڥDDεoȩ뻼lh
   cA۰ʦ^_lC
   
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   AåB@tΥa뻼NzϥΡC
   
3.6 Coping with spam

   Spam ɳQ٬ 'UCE' (Unsolicited Commercial Email)  'UBE'
   (Unsolicited Bulk Email)CھڦWrtܡAAӯիOQsi
   lC(Ny 'spam' Ӧ۩@ Monty Python 氨ίܡA@ss
   a۵ "Spam spam spam ...")
   
   \h spam Ѫr𫬪bBⱡygΪ̬OoHPզCּ spam (
   pֳtȿ)wg۷íTCSpam ͦV󤾪MLCoOɶOM
   aejOC
   
   spam b1997~۷yAᦳҴzAMO@Ӭ۷QƱC
   pGAQ spam ҲTSAЬd\ [16]Fight Spam on the Internet!C
   [17]Death To Spam! D spam ۷ĤkСC
   
4. 䥦H귽

4.1 USENET

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     * [18]comp.mail.elm the ELM mail system.
     * [19]comp.mail.mh The Rand Message Handling system.
     * [20]comp.mail.mime Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
     * [21]comp.mail.misc General discussions about computer mail.
     * [22]comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
     * [23]comp.mail.mush The Mail User's Shell (MUSH).
     * [24]comp.mail.sendmail the BSD sendmail agent.
     * [25]comp.mail.smail the smail mail agent.
     * [26]comp.mail.uucp Mail in the uucp environment.
       
4.2 y

   HUO@ǦΪѡCCC
   
     * ``Sendmail" from O'Reilly and Associates O sendmail-v8 M
       sendmail+IDA vªѦҡCOҦQz sendmail SQbBzL
       {Y}yHưѦҮѡC
     * "The Internet Complete Reference" from Osborne O@ܦnѦҮѡA
       yzFpW\hiθ귽AåB\hsDBl󵥤譱HC
     * "The Linux Networking Administrators' Guide" from Olaf Kirch of
       the LDP bWiHåB] O'Reilly and SSC XCzF
       UnixһݭnxҦѡC
       
4.3 sDZ

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   Hb [27]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.mail.misc WrH
   ``UNIX_Email_Software_Survey_*''C @ HTML b
   [28]http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/setup/unix/C
   
4.4 Where NOT to look for help

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   DC
   
   DAoOu Linux D (ҦpA 'please tell me what routers
   are already compiled into the SLS1.03 version of smail3.1.28')AAiH
   bHW쪺sDդ@oADC
   
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   comp.mail.* hWsDզAҦDסC
   
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5. Cѭ_ʪlBzu@

5.1 ^_

   (` Vince sgAڪ[IPL@P)
   
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   ptڡC
   
   ڷ|ݩҦ쪺lAO@w^_AoMŶɶBШD
   HΨCѪ :-)
   
   LhZNQe /dev/null C
   
   In particular, the Linux filesystem standard for pathnames is an
   evolving thing. What's in this document is there for illustration only
   based on the current standard at the time that part of the document
   was written and in the paths used in the distributions or `kits' I've
   personally seen. Please consult your particular Linux distribution(s)
   for the paths they use.
   
   Feedback concerning the actual format of the document should go to the
   HOWTO coordinator - mail to [29]linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu).
   
5.2 vH

   The Mail-HOWTO is copyrighted (c)1999 Eric S. Raymond. Copyright is
   retained for the purpose of enforcing the Linux Documentation Project
   license terms.
   
   A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium
   physical or electronic without permission of the author. Translations
   are similarly permitted without express permission if it includes a
   notice on who translated it.
   
   Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author.
   Derivative work and partial distributions of the Mail-HOWTO must be
   accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or a pointer to
   the verbatim copy.
   
   Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the
   maintainer would appreciate being notified of any such distributions
   (as a courtesy).
   
   In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through
   as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright
   on the HOWTO documents.
   
   We further want that all information provided in the HOWTOS is
   disseminated. If you have questions, please contact the Linux HOWTO
   coordinator, at linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu.
   
5.3 Standard Disclaimer

   Of course, we disavow any potential liability for the contents of this
   document. Use of the concepts, examples, and/or other content of this
   document is entirely at your own risk.
   
5.4 P

   This was originally authored by Vince Skahan. I have rewritten it for
   the modern ISP-centric world in which UUCP is little more than a
   memory.
   
   In May 1999, the name was changed from "The Linux Electronic Mail
   HOWTO" to avoid a collision with Guylhem Aznar's Mail HOWTO, which
   will become the Mail Administrator HOWTO.

References

   1. mailto:esr@thyrsus.com
   2. mailto:softsprite@yeah.net
   3. http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html
   4. news:comp.os.linux.answers
   5. http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO.html
   6. http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux
   7. http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/mail
   8. http://www.mutt.org/
   9. http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/mail
  10. http://www.washington.edu/pine
  11. file://localhost/tmp/zh-sgmltools.28364/Mail-User-HOWTO.txt.html#emacsclient
  12. http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/
  13. http://www.catalog.com/vivian/mailing-list-software.html
  14. http://www.greatcircle.com/list-managers/
  15. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/setup/unix/part3/index.html
  16. http://spam.abuse.net/
  17. http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/nospam.html
  18. news:comp.mail.elm
  19. news:comp.mail.mh
  20. news:comp.mail.mime
  21. news:comp.mail.misc
  22. news:comp.mail.multi-media
  23. news:comp.mail.mush
  24. news:comp.mail.sendmail
  25. news:comp.mail.smail
  26. news:comp.mail.uucp
  27. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.mail.misc
  28. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/setup/unix/
  29. mailto:linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu
