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a package wants me to use a system mail name

the full question is: The 'mail name' is the domain name used to 'qualify' mail addresses without a domain name. This name will also be used by other programs. It should be the single, fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Thus, if a…
jaw2233
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How to let crontab use s-nail to send emails?

I am setting up a new Linux computer. I installed s-nail (sudo apt install s-nail) to send emails from command line (and my scripts) to any email addresses over the Internet. After adding the necessary lines to /etc/s-nail.rc with my gmail…
Shang Zhang
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Oauth 2 in kmail in ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to connect gmail using kmail from Ubuntu 16.04, but it is not connecting. After doing google search I came to know that, gmail using oauth 2 for authentication of desktop app. Is there a way I can use oauth in kmail for gmail in Ubuntu…
Apurba
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Why won't Sylpheed send or receive?

I have just installed Sylpheed but it neither receives nor sends emails. I selected IMAP and clicked Forward. Entered my email address ‘youruser@riseup.net’. Give the account a name and clicked Forward. Filled in ‘youruser’ and ‘yourpassword’…
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Adding unread message count to terminal command prompt

I want to see the number of unread messages in my unix mail messages account in the command prompt. How can I do this? Update: Here is the output from mail and mailx when I have sent myself two messages: "/var/mail/alex": 2 messages 2 new N 1…
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Recommend an Outlook replacement

Not a fan of Evolution or Thunderbird. Is there a decent alternative to Outlook on Ubuntu?
lprsd
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How to make Evolution sort email by Date?

Despite configuring Evolution to sort emails by descending Date, it is not doing it. Note in the attached screenshot how it not only is ascending some emails in the stack it is also mixing up the dates so they aren't even chronological. Is this…
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how to configure alpine (pine) to open URL links with firefox?

In response to comments on running alpine, how do I "click" this link from the alpine MUA (Mail User Agent) running in gnome-terminal?
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Ubuntu Touch - Dekko email auto select after deleting

I use Dekko email client and when I read and then delete an email, the next email is not automatically displayed. Only a blank screen is displayed and I have to physically select the next email in the folder. This is not too much of a big issue, but…
Phil UK
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Mutt e-mail client get stuck

I am experimenting with Mutt under Ubuntu 16.04. It almost always feezes after a few minutes on the index page. What is the cause for this? I didn't use extensive setup, I just added three standard Gmail account which work perfectly otherwise.
Hendrik
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How to avoid my filters to cause "another operation in progress" error in Thunderbird?

I have two incoming mail boxes that I read with thunderbird. On both I have filters. Now it happens very often that when I've got mails in both mail boxes, I get the below error message: The messages could not be filtered to folder 'Inbox' because…
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Ubuntu Touch - Dekko Email Menu Viability

Is there a setting that I can change to select which headings I wish to see when my Dekko email is running? Currently when I have any inbox open I can see "All - Unread - Starred - Tagged - Deleted". This is fine but for me having "Sent" would be…
Phil UK
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Is there a way to move system folders in Evolution to the top?

I like to have Sent, Junk and Trash folders just below the Inbox, like in Thunderbird. Is it possible in Evolution?
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Viewing inbox in mutt

I have installed fetchmail, procmail and mutt. I am able to see my sentmail but I am not able to see my inbox. This is my ~/.muttrc file # Boring details set realname =Aparna set from = kdasaparna@gmail.com set use_from = yes set envelope_from…
Aparna k das
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Evolution slow down over time EWS

Not sure if anyone has run into this issue. I use evolution 3.12 on Ubuntu 14.10. After the initial install every thing worked great but over time Evolution started slowing down and responding very slow on deletes and move of the emails to…
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