> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas E. Dukes > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:50 PM > Subject: RE: Sendmail > > > > > You can use FETCHMAIL to grab it, PROCMAIL to process it for > > nasties and spam and the likes, and then SENDMAIL will dole > > it out. Sending? Use the SENDMAIL feature in almost every > > linux based email package. You'll be right. > > If I have my own domain, who will fetchmail grab it from? > That's the part I don't get. If mail is directed to my server > by dynamic dns. What piece of the puzzle is receiving incoming mail?
If your domain is setup correctly (i.e. MX records that point to your dynamic IP address) then fetchmail will not be needed. E-Mail will be delivered directly to your mail server. Note: The above is only true if your ISP does not block inbound smtp connections. Some ISP's do block tcp_syn's for dynamically assigned IP's. You might want to check with your ISP. > What piece is putting it in the right mailboxes? When you configure sendmail (really any MTA) you will define what domains are delivered locally on your server. Then when an inbound e-mail is received, sendmail will hand the e-mail off to the defined LDA (local delivery agent) which is typically procmail. Then procmail will store the e-mail in the users mailbox. Procmail also offers filtering before storing the e-mail. i.e. call a spam checker, virus checker, etc... BTW: Spamassassin is great!!! > Where does the pop3 server come in. I have other computers > (Windows) on the network and want to be able to get mail > from 'my server'. Wouldn't I need to set up pop for those? Yes. You can setup either pop or imap services to retrieve your e-mail. IMAP is actually pretty cool! Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
