Take a look at masqmail. I have an almost identical configuration to what you describe, and masqmail seems to fit the bill quite nicely. I should mention that the version currently in unstable has some extra features that work better with multiple sending accounts. Best of luck. Tammer ----------- In reply to Joao Pedro Clemente, who wrote... ----------- > > So I'm seeking for advice here... > > This is what I'm facing: I'd like to get a mail client at my laptop to > carry my mail with me everywhere, checking it out at the seaside, in the > sun.. or when I'm facing those 2-hour wait at the dentist... > Anyway, I'm working at 2 different locations and besides that I also have > net at home... This totals 3 different configs to send mail, so I would > try to figure out what's best to setup.. > > Besides, I would like to get a mail client with threading and coloring > ability, so I've narrowed down my toughts to mutt, kmail and sylpheed. > I was thinking in a mutt/kmail setup, as sylpheed seems to be using > another mail format and besides I'm having some locale problems with it.. > > What I really want to know is if I should use my mail client internal > ability to send/read mail [kmail/sylpheed have pop3/smtp support] or if I > should try to setup local mail servers: > > As I'm the single user of my laptop, this seems a overkill: > - I only fetch mail of 1 user (me) from my [1] pop3 account. > - I only send mail from me to some smtp server > > However, I see there can be some advantages: > - Easier to change smtp server, maybe with a script that checks the ip > I've got from dhcp and then decides what will be my server (I would need > to get a mapping table [myDhcpIp - smtpServerToUse]. > - Can "send" mail ignoring whether I'm online or not - the server would > take care of that and send whenever I got online(?) > - Mail is stored locally and not in mail client - can use different > mail client without needing to fetch/sincronize(?) > - Can use mutt > - Maybe can work without needing a smtp server to forward to(?) > > > So, basically, I am wondering: Is setting up a local mail service, just to > serve myself, a overkill or not? > Any advice from anyone who uses it's laptop to send mail from different > locations, and from anyone who can validate my "(?)"'s ? > > Thank you > Joao Clemente > > Ps: Maybe I'm just needing to be pointed to some documentation I should > read to understand what's this all about? > > -- > Joao Pedro Clemente > jpcl @ rnl.ist.utl.pt > (when not working out) > (when not sleeping) > (when not surfing) > (when not ... ;) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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