Re: Does anybody here use mc's : mail -s <subject> -c <cc> <to> ?

[tooth pik <toothpik6 gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:49:56AM +0200, chris glur wrote:
> AFAICS an email client has 2 parts:
> 1. a data-base to manage the In/Out mails
> 2. transport agent/s for send and receive.

> Since mc is THE superb data-base manager, it seems that it could do email well?

I don't know if mc will do mail or not -- if you are looking for
something sensible why not use mutt?  I can verify mutt can send and
receive gmail, having become disenchanted with the service provided by
my ISP.  You'll want to be sure to use the sendmail provided by
postfix (just install postfix:  it'll de-install the old sendmail if
it's there).  You'll need google's certificates:  there's a good
(well, usable) set of instructions on setting it all up at:

    http://www.linuxexpert.ro/Linux-Tutorials/fetchmail-for-gmail-accounts.html

> In my failed-state location, ISP's email facilities have crapped out, or perhaps
> the natives can only use FB & twitter; so I've had to resort to gmail, which is
> very inefficient and frustrating in the default/http mode.

fetchmail will pull gmail Inbox contents down to your pc where mutt
can display in threads, and allow you to compose replies in vim, all
very efficient.

> Does "mail -s <subject> -c <cc> <to>" use `sendmail` [or its proxy]?
> sendmail is punishment to setup !

fetchmail, mutt, postfix all will need to be tweaked -- some
punishment, yes, but in the end quite well worth the effort

> gmail needs TLS/SSL
> Is TLS/SSL a part of `sendmail`, or will `sendmail` call TLS/SSL?

postfix's sendmail will use it if you tell it to, and get those
certificates installed

hth,

sc