<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Linux Mail User HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >The Linux Mail User HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Eric Steven Raymond</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><SPAN CLASS="orgname" ><A HREF="http://www.catb.org/~esr/" TARGET="_top" > Thyrsus Enterprises</A ><BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><br> <TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com" >esr@thyrsus.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="copyright" >Copyright © 2000 Eric S. Raymond</P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN16" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This document is an introduction to the world of electronic mail (email) under Linux. It focuses on user-level issues and typical configurations for Linux home and small-business machines connected to the net via an ISP.</P ><P >You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to remote sites via electronic mail. You probably do <EM >not</EM > need to read this document if don't exchange electronic mail with other users on your system or with other sites.</P ><P >For information on configuring and administering mail, see the Mail Administrator HOWTO.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#newversions" >New versions of this document</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#hardware" >Hardware requirements for email programs</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#sources" >Software sources for email programs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="mua.html" >Mail User Agents</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="mua.html#editor" >Setting your mail editor</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="mua.html#mutt" >mutt</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="mua.html#elm" >elm</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="mua.html#pine" >pine</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="mua.html#netscape" >Netscape</A ></DT ><DT >2.6. <A HREF="mua.html#emacs" >Emacs rmail/smail and vm.</A ></DT ><DT >2.7. <A HREF="mua.html#bsdmail" >BSD mail</A ></DT ><DT >2.8. <A HREF="mua.html#othermuas" >Other user agents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="advanced.html" >Advanced topics</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="advanced.html#aliases" >Aliases</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="advanced.html#forwarding" >Forwarding</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="advanced.html#autoreply" >Auto-replying</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="advanced.html#lists" >Mailing lists</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="advanced.html#filters" >Mail filters</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="advanced.html#spam" >Coping with spam</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="resources.html" >Other sources of information</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="resources.html#usenet" >USENET</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="resources.html#books" >Books</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="resources.html#periodic" >Periodic USENET Postings</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="resources.html#dontgo" >Where <EM >not</EM > to look for help</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="administrivia.html" >Administrivia</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="administrivia.html#AEN275" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="administrivia.html#copyright" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="administrivia.html#disclaimer" >Standard Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="administrivia.html#acknowledgements" >Acknowledgements</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >