Re: LYNX-DEV getting send mail to work--help me please

[Wayne Buttles]

On Sat, 17 May 1997, Terry wrote:

> I know I am supposed to alter the line in the sendmail.txt and place it
> into the lynx.cfg file. I have altered the line everyway possible, yet the
> mail still says it has an error and it never sends the mail.
> 
> 
> SYSTEM_MAIL:sendmail -f address@hidden -h my.host -r my.smtp.mailer -m SMTP
> 
> This is the line--my mail server is mail.inter-linc.com
>                          my smpt is the same
> 
> I have tried putting those in, I even tried the numeric dns's--but yet it
> still dont work. I am not sure what the difference between   my.host and
> my.smpt.mailer is????? Can somone enlighten me. And is the address@hidden
> simply my email address??? address@hidden Any way please show my
> how that line should look. Also, please tell me where exactly in the .cfg
> file does this belong? Thank you soooo much.

First, put sendmail.exe somewhere in you path.  It will make life easier.
Next, put this line in lynx.cfg.  (It doesn't matter where, the top would 
be fine.)

SYSTEM_MAIL:sendmail -f address@hidden -h inter-linc.com -r mail.inter-linc.com 
-m SMTP

Wayne.

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