Mutt and Gmail on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
Still a work-in-progress this… just documenting the steps I’ve taken to get Mutt working on Ubuntu and accessing a Googlemail account.
Fetchmail and Gmail
First off, I tried this guidance. I found that my SSL certificates are in ‘/etc/ssl/certs/’, and I did the following, as root, in a shell:
https://www.geotrust.com/resources/root_certificates/certificates/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.cer
-in Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem \
-fingerprint -subject -issuer -serial -hash -noout SHA1
However, after setting up my .fetchmailrc file as described in step 5 of those instructions, running the command fetchmail resulted in an error about a mismatch in fingerprints. I may have made a mistake in applying the instructions to my situation, but wasn’t sure where.
At that point, I found this post on the Ubuntu Forums and decided to use markcholden’s .fetchmail file as the basis of mine. It worked beautifully. Running ‘fetchmail’ now connects successfully and downloads all my mail to my mailspool. Here’s roughly what’s in my .fetchmailrc file now:
user "user.name", with password ‘secret’, is "mark" here options ssl
Next up, I need to get Mutt working. Then Sendmail. Out of time today though!
