On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:03:55PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:30:37 +0800 > "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Postfix is already setup to put mail for local users in > > /var/spool/mail you do not need to change that.. > > > > just install imap/pop3 > > edit the pop3 entry in /etc/xinetd.d (make sure its enabled) > > > > and all the machines on your network should be able to check their pop > > accounts using your server.. > > > > works great. > > ok, so far I've got the server collecting mail from the ISP for a test > account I set up. however, the mail did not go to > /var/spool/mail/test0001, it went to /var/spool/mail/joehill.
you created user test0001? Just checking :) (You also might try logging in as test0001 in case there are certain files that get created on first login, like a mail spool--just grasping here.) > > Now, for the fetchmailrc, I thought the postmaster was the person > responsible for the server, ie. the admin, so I put "joehill". > > I also thought that by putting 'here "test0001"' in the poll section > that it would know to dump the mail in /var/spool/mail/test0001. I don't do a system-wide fetchmail, but my .fetchmailrc looks something like this: poll pop-server.domain.com protocol POP3 user "email-handle" password "password" is "localuser" here So I think you're on the right track. > Also, I have courier installed on the mail server, but when I try to > connect to it to retrieve mail, it hangs on "authenticating". The > parameters I used in Sylpheed were 192.168.0.5 for the POP3 server and > the user and pass for that account on the server. I also specified to > use port 110, just in case. Are you using IMAP or POP3? If it's IMAP of course you'll need to use port 143. Todd -- Let us be utopian for a moment so that when we get realistic again it is not that "realism" so useful to the Establishment in discouraging action. -Howard Zinn
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