Hi, Have a look at gentoo forums: Email System For The Home Network - Version 1.3 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=56633
It is a great guide and I believe it describes everything you want to do. regards, John On Friday 25 July 2003 01:25, Devios McShady wrote: > I am a small step above a complete noob when it comes to Linux. I am > seeking guidance and very detailed information in setting up my system so I > can read and send email addressed to and sent from my ISP email (POP/SMTP) > account. > > I already have Apace/PHP/SquirrelMail installed and working on my system. > > I assume that I need some kind of scheduled process to download my ISP mail > (download my mail from my ISP's pop mail server) on regular intervals and > deliver it to the squirrelmail inbox. > > I am also assuming that I need some sort of scheduled process to take mail > that I send from squirrelmail and send it from my ISP account (connect to > my isp's SMTP server and send all mail) on regular intervals. > > I need to know what I need in addition to squirrelmail and how to configure > these and squirrelmail to accomplish this. The Gentoo Desktop > Configuration help guide was unclear to me. Assuming I get the help I > need, I will attempt to contact the author and explain why it was unclear > and give my reccomendations so I can pass along the favor to the community. > > The guide seemed to suggest that fetchmail and courier-imap somehow came > into the mix in some way that I do not understand. > > Here's the extra credit question: Since I access my system remotely via web > and ssh, and use a GUI when I'm local, can I also throw mutt and > sylpheed-claws into this equation and have mutt/sylpheed/squirrelmail all > share the same inbox and sent folders? THAT would truly be an > accomplishment and is something I would like to make happen if possible. > Minimally, I'd like to have sylpheed and mutt share the same folders and > synchronize with the squirrelmail folders (keep in mind that some messages > will be sent from squirrelmail, so syncronization is a two-way thing). I > would need some specifics on how to configure mutt and sylpheed-claws to > share folders; my web searches and research and manual reading has been > extremely frustrating due to my noobishness. > > aTdHvAaNnKcSe for any assistance, > > Devi0s > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
