Re: Novice mail project
On Sunday 20 May 2001 22:00, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Am I right in thinking that I need something like "sendmail" and
> "procmail" on the server and any old mail client on the Windows/Linux
> machines in order to get this done? Do I need to be setting up any other
> software specifically to make this work?
Actually, you need Fetchmail, Sendmail (or Postfix - I prefer Postfix), and a
POP3 daemon like Qpopper.
Without getting ugly the config would go something like this:
1) Create users on your Linux server matching the usernames that your family
uses on the ISP
2) Run Fetchmail as a daemon. This will snag the emails from the ISP's mail
server and deliver it to your own server. Pretty easy to configure but you
will need to find out what their passwords are on the ISP's mail server.
3) Configure Sendmail or Postfix with "relayhost" configured in the main.cf
file. This accomplishes two things: First, it runs an SMTP server (which is
handy for Fetchmail); Secondly, it will automatically forward all mail to the
host specified in the "relayhost" line. Honestly, there isn't much more you
will need to configure than this, except for mail aliases which are a breeze.
See the man pages for more details.
4) Set up Qpopper (or some other POP3 daemon) so that your family can get
their mail.
5) Re-configure your family's mail clients so that they point to your server.
All in all, less than an hours work. :)
-Chris
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