[NOTE: Somehow this reply got attached to a different message on
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David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>>Instead of having each machine retreive its mail from the internet, I
>>want to have one machine do all retreival and the others to be aimed
>>at it as there pop server.
>
> Sure, you're already on the right track ... you just need for
> fetchmail to run as root, and distribute mail to accounts on the
> server appropriately. Then run imapd to let your clients pull it.
>
> I can help with the fetchmailrc, if you like ... email me off list if
> you have trouble with that.
>
> And do make sure you've got the latest fetchmail (I think Red Hat's is
> current), since you'll be running it as root. It had some issues
> last year.
As a long time user of fetchmail, I can probably manage that part.
Where I'm in the dark are things like how to setup Xinetd, do I need a
pop3 daemon. How to control what ISP addresses are allowed to collect
mail. (limit to the local 192 network, bar anything else)
Show none of this to the internet.
Maybe not even run any mail related services at all, until a trusted
machine attempts to connect. (not sure if that is possible)
imap-2000c-1 provides two manpages; imapd ipopd
Both are so brief as to be nearly useless.
Just installing imap-2oooc-1 has setup 5 apparent daemons:
Viewed with `chkconfig', they are not turned on, but its not clear which
need to be turned on or if they can be started only on demand:
imap: off
imaps: off
ipop2: off
ipop3: off
pop3s: off
Lots of *.txt files in /usr/share/doc/imap* that appear to be all
about something called c-client, which isn't mentioned in the imapd
man page at all. Browsing a little without a thorough reading of all
*.txt files looks futile.
The README gives little or no guidance other than an admonition to
setup /etc/inetd.conf to start POP2 POP3 IMAP. All totally dated and
useless since RH has moved to xinetd some time ago.
I see nothing approaching an outline or any steps etc.
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