I assume that those are POP3 mailboxes you have at btinternet ? In that case, fetchmail - http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/ - will pull the mail off and hand it over to linux (sendmail or whatever you are using).
Dunno how you then get Windows to take the mail from linux. Why do you want to do this anyway? I could see the point if you were getting a proper SMTP mail delivery - a la demon. But your mail is already in POP boxes, yes? So why put linux in the way, rather than just letting the Windows boxes read the POP directly? If they are able to browse the web through your linux box then they'll be able to get POP3 mail too. t > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Dickson > Sent: 30 September 2001 22:22 > To: SLUG (E-mail) > Subject: [scottish] Setting up a mail server > > > I just got Red Hat 7.1 and installed it, I have never used any > kind of linux > before and at the moment my impressions are quite good. I've managed to > install it and get it to see the internet through my home network and also > to print through my Win 2K box and my next task for it is as a > mail server. > > I would like it to download the e-mail from our accounts > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and then forward the messages to a > mail server > on the linux box which needs setting up. I would then like to get > all of the > windows machines (2K and Me) to fetch the mail off of the linux box. > > I am quite sure this is possible and would like to be either > pointed to ward > a text somewhere which explains how to do this, or better still talked > through it. I don't want to just read a textbook and plug it in though > because I want to learn what each step actually does. > > Thanks in advance > > Chris > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
