Re: Using Exim
On Wednesday 19 March 2008 10:48:04 pm Tero Mäntyvaara wrote:
> I think I should describe the situation of mine that I am dreaming of ;-).
>
> a) I have ADSL internet connection that has dynamic address and mail
> account by ISP. ISP is using some kind of port restriction for mail
> transfer to standard port.
> b) Mail accounts of users are using POP3 protocols. There is mail
> accounts from ISP, but there is also Gmail accounts using non-standard
> ports.
fetchmail is what will work with you on these two points.
> c) I want that standalone server receives LAN and internet mail of LAN
> users.
When setting up exim, it'll ask you if you what range you want to act as a
smarthost for. Tell it your local network's information.
> d) I want that users can receive their mail from mail server by their
> favourite MUA in LAN.
You will also need to install some kind of POP or IMAP daemon to handle this
part.
> e) I want that MUA handles the mail sending by its own so mail server in
> LAN just receives user mail and serves them in LAN.
That's pretty much the default with any MTA, even if it's standalone and not
exchanging mail outside the network.
> f) I am planning to use mail server with Horde Groupware Webmail
> edition. Is my composition suitable for that?
Which mail server? If you mean exim, yeah, that'll work.
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Paul Johnson
baloo@ursine.ca
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