[CS-FSLUG] Sending E-mail's via Network

[Frank Bax]

At 11:26 AM 7/27/04, David M. wrote:

>I have a small network set up here at home that consist of 2 computers so far
>and I am trying to figure out how to set up mail between the 2 computers.
>
>Could anyone explain to me how to do this?
>
>My computer name is "Buddy" and my username is "dmcglone" and I tried to set
>up a mailbox that used a "local mailbox", but that seemed to send the mail
>but not retreive the mail. Should I be using the Local Mailbox or IMAP or
>Maildir box as the type for receiving?
>
>I tried sending mail to dmcglone at buddy but that don't seem to work.


Does "ping buddy" work?  If not, try adding to /etc/hosts file.