> > Okay, so I got the Courier POP3 server installed. ÂNow what? ÂLol, I was > > raised on Mac, and have only been using Linux for a couple years... when > > there's no webmin module I'm stuck. ÂWho/what/wen/where/how do I > > configure it? > > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂThanx, > > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂSigmaChi > > Courier requires mail to be in Maildir directories, which is not the > standard format for a Linux mail spool. In order to get it Âinto Maildir > format some MTA (Mail Transfer Agent needs to have put it there) Postfix > can do that, as can Procmail. > > The alternative imap-2004 POP3 server uses standard mailspool files, but > again, an MTA has to put the mail into the spool files.. > > There is a set up file for courier-imap in your /etc/courier folder, but > really there is no change from default configuration needed. The POP3 > server will expect to find the mail in a folder in each users home > directory called ~/Maildir ÂThe inside of the Maildir folder has a special > structure which is set up by an application called maildirmake++ ÂAll of > this is described in the mailserver tutorial on my home page since > courier-imap is what I use myself. ÂHowever the imap-2004 POP3 server is > easier to set up. There is no need to create special directory structures. > > However I am still not clear how you intend to get the mail into this mail > server, since you said in a previous post that your client has a Windows > SMTP server which he intends to retain. POP3 is a protocol for getting mail > **out** of a server. How does it get **in** in the first place? > > derek
I take it that, for example, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sends a message with his SMTP server to [EMAIL PROTECTED], Postfix or something recieves it, and plops it into my "myaddy's" "~/Maildir" directory? ÂForgive me for my ignorance, but I have never set up an email server before :-P. ÂSo yeah, have I got the following right?: -I install/startup Courier and Postfix -I create a user for each email address that my client wants (I.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED]), with a ~/Maildir directory for each of them. -Your average Joe sends his message through his ISP's SMTP server to [EMAIL PROTECTED], Postfix grabs it, plops it in /home/Joanne/maildir, Joanne connects to the POP server, and takes it from their into outlook express or whatever. Â Thanx for your patience... doubtless my next post will have something to do with how to setup Postfix ;-). Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheers, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SigmaChi -- Registered Linux user #366862 This message was sent from a Microsoft-Free 750MHz Athlon system running SuSE Linux 9.1 (Kernel 2.6.5). "Failure is not an option with Microsoft; it's bundled with the software!" "A Linux Only area ÂHappy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world hasÂNO USE for M$ Corp Âit is time to END M$ Corp" ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ-snipped from the signature of Peter Nikolic
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