On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:27:56AM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: > What I _think_ I want to do is this: > Install Fetchmail to get mail from my various hosted mailboxes
Fetchmail works fine. > Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default mailer I'd go for postfix. It's much easier to configure. I've heard it said that it's easier and less painfull to amputate your own leg with a pocket knife then to hack sendmail.cf. :) > Install Procmail to deliver messages in Maildir format (to users' home > directories?) Procmail is nice if you want to tie-in anti-spam or anti-virus tools on a per user basis. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. Sendmail and postfix can deliver directly to user's mailboxes. > Install Courier IMAP as the IMAP server > > Ultimately, then drop Fetchmail and reconfigure Sendmail for receiving mail > directly, and add anti- spam and virus tools. Don't forget to open port 25 in your firewall, otherwise you won't receive a lot of mail. :) > Have I got this about right? Do I really need 4 separate tools to do this? > Have I overlooked something more obvious/elegant? Where are my big pitfalls > going to be? -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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