Just run kmail, let it grab the mail from your isp's server. For local smtp transport (to your smtp server at the isp), ssmtp is a nice, easily configurable replacement for sendmail or exim.
No reason to make it complicated than necessary. On Thursday 19 September 2002 06:12, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > i currently use a dual boot win98/debian 3.0. Since i'm having so much fun with debian, i am going to put my Suse 7.2 server on debian too. > While i'm doing this, i would like to set up a simple mail retrieving mechanism. > I think exim will do the job fine but i want to be sure :-) > My network is setup like this: the dualboot pc behind the suse 7.2 server which has connection to the internet via cable. > I have 2 mailboxes at my isp, 1 for me and 1 for my wife. So i would like exim to run on my soon-to-be debian server and check the mailbox from me and my wife at my isp's site every x minutes and store the mail locally on my server. > > Then i would use Kmail (or another client) to connect to my server and get the mail from there instead of from my isp. Of course, i don't want to retrieve the mail from my wife. Would save me a lot of time since i'm currently subscribed to a couple of debian mailing lists and they are quite busy :-) > > When sending mail, my mail client should send it to my server which then would take care of sending it to my isp's pop3 server. > The whole setup would add an extra step: instead of email client - isp it would be email client - local server - isp. > > Is a combo of kmail / exim able to do this without to much trouble? > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
