Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived to by
> > postfix. How can I configure getmail to deliver mail through postfix
> > or dovecot? I don't know what fetchmail does, but I don't think it
> > delivers directly to ~/.Maildir. Also, I haven't ever had problems
> > with fetchmail configured this way. Debian Etch.
>
> Getmail was designed to deliver directly to Maildir:
>
> [destination]
> type = Maildir
> path = ~/Maildir/
>
> or through an MDA (mail delivery agent) like maildrop:
>
> [destination]
> type = MDA_external
> path = /usr/bin/maildrop
> unixfrom = true
>
> Delivery through reinjection in a mail queue is not officially
> supported as it can break many things if not done properly. And if you
> know how to do it properly you don't need to ask ;)
>
I've been following this thread precisely because I don't know how to
gain control over the email aspects of my Etch system.
Prior posts in this thread, indicated that getmail could be used as a
replacement for fetchmail. But, I have come to depend on procmail to
sort my mail into topic-defined mail folders. Is doing this really
something that is very difficult? Where can I find more information?
- not a simple quick fix recipe, but a discussion of the issues and how to
address them.
TIA
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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