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<H1><A NAME=SECTION00750000000000000000>5.5 Electronic Mail</A></H1>
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Like most UNIX systems, Linux provides a number of software packages for
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using electronic mail. E-mail on your system can either be local (that is,
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you only mail other users on your system), or networked (that is, you mail,
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using either TCP/IP or UUCP, users on other machines on a network).
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E-mail software usually consists of two parts: a <em>mailer</em> and a
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<em>transport</em>. The mailer is the user-level software which is used to
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actually compose and read e-mail messages. Popular mailers include
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<tt>elm</tt> and <tt>mailx</tt>. The transport is the low-level software
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which actually takes care of delivering the mail, either locally or remotely.
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The user never sees the transport software; they only interact with the
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mailer. However, as the system administrator, it is important to understand
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the concepts behind the transport software and how to configure it.
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The most popular transport software for Linux is <tt>Smail</tt>. This software
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is easy to configure, and is able to send both local and remote TCP/IP
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and UUCP e-mail. The more powerful <tt>sendmail</tt> transport is used on
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most UNIX systems, however, because of its complicated setup mechanism,
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many Linux systems don't use it.
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The Linux Mail HOWTO gives more information on the available
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mail software for Linux and how to configure it on your system. If you
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plan to send mail remotely, you'll need to understand either TCP/IP or
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UUCP, depending on how your machine is networked (see Sections <A HREF="node206.html#sectcpip">5.3</A>
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and <A HREF="node222.html#secuucp">5.4</A>). The UUCP and TCP/IP documents listed in
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Appendix <A HREF="node225.html#appinfo">A</A> should be of help there.
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Most of the Linux mail software can be retrieved
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via anonymous FTP from <tt>sunsite.unc.edu</tt> in the directory
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<tt>/pub/Linux/system/Mail</tt>.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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