Minimal skills

[Brandon helsley]

>An MUA does everything for you, but if you like you could use any editor and use command line to send and retrieve emails. Instead of
 
sendmail you probably want to use a replacement such as msmtp, but
 
better use an MUA. All the server related things are provided by your
 
ISP.
 
 

 
I see, but don't I need to configure sendmail or postfix to have access to my mailboxes offline? Or can I just transfer email using mbox with thunderbird and have it displayed on the command line without an MTA? offline.
 

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
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> On Jun 5, 2020 at 12:05 AM, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions  <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>  wrote:
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>  On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 16:47:54 -0600, Brandon helsley wrote:  >It seems as though with an mua you can set this up. An MUA does everything for you, but if you like you could use any editor and use command line to send and retrieve emails. Instead of sendmail you probably want to use a replacement such as msmtp, but better use an MUA. All the server related things are provided by your ISP. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions at freebsd.org  mailing list  https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions  To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org" 
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