Re: exim right choice?
* Benedict Verheyen <linux4bene@pandora.be> [19-09-2002 13:15]:
<snip: regular mail setup>
> Is a combo of kmail / exim able to do this without to much trouble?
Generally what you want is very doable.
Kmail is a good choice, I am sure, but it is irrelevant in the rest
of the setup.
What you need is:
- fetchmail: which fetche... (f*ck that ;). Works like user@isp is
user@in_my_local_network
- exim: local mail server (or MTA which most docs will call it).
Used for accepting mail from fetchmail and making sure you're
outgoing messages leave your own network to go to a smarthost
(smtp@isp for instance. That is smtp not pop3)
- imap: courier-imap is a good choice, but there are, as always,
choices. Exim needs to deliver to maildirs if you pick this imap
package (not the default for exim, but quite easy to setup).
- Mail client: pick one, it's very difficult to find one that does
not work in above scenario. If someone runs Windows with Outlook
on your lan, then that should be no problem at all. Please spend
some time educating that user, but technically it is possible.
Just point your client at your newly created imap server. Use exim
as the smtp server in your client.
I have made something like this work for my parents. With a couple
of glances at some HOWTOs, it is a piece of cake (i.e. 30 minutes
work). One little hint. Use /etc/email-addresses for quickly making
sure that me@mybox becomes me@mymailprovider.com. This will
typically be the easiest way, unless a local user needs to send mail
from more than one address (work, private, ...)
Don't hesitate to ask more questions, should something confuse you.
You want mail to just work. If not for you then surely for your
wife.
Bob
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