* Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
