RE: [LUG] Mailing List Blues

["Robin Cornelius" <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Hello, any comments much appreciated.
> 
> When I collect mail from the dclug list, it is sent to postmaster at my 
> internal mailserver.
> 

It *should* work with multidrop mode, if we look at this mail header:-

Return-path: <owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore
	for robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx id 1AMznY-0006cq-Ds;
	Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:09:24 +0000
Received: from [212.67.197.71] (helo=pi.a-squared.co.uk)
	by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1AMznY-0006cq-Ds; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:09:24 +0000

then the last server (demon's, my isp) had a "for robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 

what the usual trick is is to pursuade fetchmail that the external isp server is related to your domain.

this works for me:- 

	poll "pop3.demon.co.uk" aka punt-3.mail.demon.net with proto POP3 	localdomains mylocaldomain.com:
 	user "somemultidropuser" there with password "password" and options fetchall 	to * 	here

if you examine your mail header you can adjust as necessary.

Hope this works for you :-)

This will *NOT* work with bcc addresses, but how many of them do you get that are not spam?

Robin

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