Re: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?

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Hi thruxton,
            I have the same setup as you, and have (mostly) configured
            my gnus, but as you will soon learn, it is a loooong process
            (you keep finding more things you can do).
            For sending mail I use emacs' own smtpmail (included with
            emacs) since this gives me complete control; I can easily
            see/alter exactly what it's doing. I originally tried ssmtp
            then msmtp, but couldn't configure them exactly the way I wanted.
            I have the following tls related packages installed:
            gnutls-bin, guile-gnutls, libcurl3-gnutls, libgnutls26, and
            libgnutls-dev. I can't remember if they were actually needed
            by smtpmail since I installed them for ssmtp and msmtp, but
            they (the tls stuff) only use around 4 or 5mb.
            
            
thruxton <psmerdon@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi List,
> I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
> but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
> I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
> use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
> installed?
>
>  Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
> things?
>
> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
> I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
> my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
> sure what to install.
>
> Thanks for any advice you can give me.

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