Re: e-mail, the next level
Dear Debian Users,
Up until writing this message i've recieved two replies to my erlier posting
"e-mail. the next level". Erik and Martin think in the same line as i do.
Carl also contributed some points of interrest. Getting mail is no problem
using a tool like Fetchmail. Even multiple accounts belonging to one user.
Just let your mail sit in some (or multiple) internet mailbox(es) until you
decide to get it. Using the IP-Up/Down scripts this can be done in a
comfortable manner.
This leaves the sending-mail part. Here the ideas differ a bit. All have in
commen that they rewrite the e-mail header to make sure that a reply goes to
the internet-mail-box, mentioned earlier. Martin and Erik both use postfix
(i'm looking at it on my box now.) or Exim/Sendmail.
For the actual sending part: Create a local queue, let it sit there
indefinitly. Use the IP-Up scripts to have your smtp agent turn off the
queue (send directly) and run the existing queue. On the IP-Down part,
re-enable the queue and store the mail for later delivery.
For the actual reading part, i suppose that the POP3 server i suggested can
be easely replaced by IMAP or any other you preffer. At this point, it's
only used to read mail stored on your own server at your workstation.
If one goes on-line, all mail will be sent and recieved. going on line can
also be triggerd by Cron, to make sure you get your mail at a regular
interval.
Thanks for the reactions so far (more are welcome!)
Nico de Haer
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