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Linux Forums: Using mutt with ssmtp, getmail and maildrop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2006

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Despite the plethora of email clients available nowadays, the
text based mutt is still the choice of many gurus. It follows the
Unix philosophy of doing one thing well rather than trying to do
many things. Although there is limited POP3 functionality, and
muttng even has the ability to use builtin SMTP, in general,
experts use mutt to read the mail and other programs to send,
receive and filter. Despite this, mutt can do a great many things.
People used to graphical email clients will be surprised at its
abilities.

“This article will show you how to get started with mutt, using
ssmtp to send mail, getmail to receive it and maildrop to filter
it…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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