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On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 12:46:28PM +0100, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:15:20 +0100 > Adrian Midgley wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 10:33 +0100, Grant Sewell wrote: > > > > > Ok, so I am now setting up a mail server for myself. What I want to be able > > > to do is this: > > > + Download my emails to my mail server from my ISP(s) using POP3. > > Fetchmail is the business for this, assuming you continue to want to use > > POP3. > > If you start to want to use IMAP4 then Fetchmail is still the biz. > > > > poll my.isp.net with protocol auto grant there is grant here > > > > poll my.isp.net with protocol auto SO there is SO here > > > > etc > > Thanks Adrian. > > That bit... doesn't make a lot of sense to me! I've got it that I need to use > fetchmail (well I don't "need" to, but it's pretty damn good and is well doc'ed). > I take it that polling thing is if I want to use IMAP4 with my ISP's accounts? > Don't think they offer it, so I'll forget that. Thanks though. Have a look at "apt-get install fetchmailconf" which can help configure fetchmail: I found it less confusing doing it by hand: http://tinyurl.com/766ub. Poll is just one of the commands: about half way down the page: http://tinyurl.com/cympx (section entitled Keyword/Option summary) > > > > + Send emails from my "client" machines to my mail server using SMTP. > > > > If using Postfix, as I do, then if you wnat to do that (SMTP Relay) then > > you will set your ISP's mailserver (eg smtp.myisp.net or > > post9364.bigisp.net ) as the relayhost. > > > > There is something about relayhost and smarthost that I have not fully > > appreciated... > > I just noticed that I contradict myself in my list! Ok, forget point 2 - clients > to use IMAP4 only. > > > > > > + Outgoing emails to be sent from -at-thymox.co.uk. > > > I do not know whether it would be best to forward these using SMTP to my > > > ISP(s) or not or what. > > If you have a permanent IP address, and the world can see it in a DNS > > outside, then you may as well send by SMTP Direct, if not, I think much > > of the world will bounce you as unvouched for. THis is arguably > > incorrect behaviour (although I defer to almost everyone who does it for > > a living on that part...) but is done for self defence. > > > > > + Be able to connect to my mail server from my "client" machines using IMAP. > > Dovecot. Just Works. > > I don't have a permanent IP address (waiting to hear back from my ISP on that), > but I have dyndnsed it, so I might try my hand at having mail sent by SMTP > directly. I have a cheapo reg123 account that does some forwarding. I am using > "framed web forwarding" for http://www.thymox.co.uk --> http://thymox.dyndns.org > (not too happy about it being framed, but at least it keeps the "www.thymox.co.uk" > thing in the "address/location bar"). I also have email forwarding: > *-at-thymox.co.uk forwarded to thymox.co.uk-at-sewell.prodigynet.co.uk. I would > like it so that I can actually reply *from* -at-thymox.co.uk. Since the mail > server would technically be Internet visible from thymox.dyndns.org, it won't > cause problems trying to have it send emails from thymox.co.uk, would it? > > Sorry for being a PITA on this. Gotta start somewhere! > > Grant. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html