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RE:Using mutt to sendmail via remote SMTP


n 2008-08-03, Spiro Trikaliotis <an-cygwin@spiro.trikaliotis.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > * On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 04:56:56PM +0700 Bayu Adiwibowo wrote:
>> >> I using thunderbird to send this mail, recently i found that I can run
>> >> cygwin with my USB, so I wonder how to use cygwin MUA like mutt to
>> >> sending mail via gmail. As far in my research mutt look for sendmail
>> >> program in exim or other smtp program running in localhost to sending
>> >> mail, and this is not suite to my purpose.
> >
> > Yes, that's the way mutt works. mutt still uses the distinction between
> > MUA (mail user agent, that is, mutt itself) and MTA (mail transfer
> > agent, that is, something like sendmail, exim, and-so-on).
> >
>> >> Maybe anyone in this list can point me a way to make mutt sending mail
>> >> with remote SMTP server?
> >
> > You need to install an MtA like sendmail, exim, postfix, or similar. You
> > may, however, use a very simple one like ssmtp (it is available with
> > cygwin). This might be your easiest solution.
> >
> > HTH,
> >    Spiro.
> >

> > > I use mutt with exim ( via remote smtp ) and it works really good.
> > > You can choose ssmtp as substitute for exim.

thank for this reply
When i googling i found sugestion to use mmail, but i still have trouble connecting to gmail, can't anyone point me how to configure, right now i test to send via gmail so i hope this mail success sending to mailing list


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