Re: Email setup
On Sunday 04 May 2003 2:23 pm, Russell Shaw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using mozilla that gets it's incoming mail from a pop3 account on a
> dialup isp. I want to set up a more elaborate system.
>
> Do 'conventional' ISPs only allow mail access thru pop3 or imap, or can
> you get your email by making exim on your own pc get mail via smtp from
> the MTA at the ISP over a dialup line?
>
> If not, could i use:
>
> isp--->(smtp over ppp dialup)--->fetchmail--->exim--->procmail--->MUA
> isp<---(smtp over ppp dialup)-----------------exim<---------------MUA
>
> I've been reading up on email systems all week.
Most ISP's that I know of don't allow IMAP. But the above looks good.
Get the mail from your ISP using fetchmail, feed it to exim then procmail to
be sorted. Then some thing I learnt the other day if your using KMail, feed
from procmail into the procmail spool, not the kmail folders as it messes
them up. Or so I was led to believe from what I read.
Of course theses are just my opinions.
Craig
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