DISCLAIMER: I do not consider myself a guru, not even remotely anything like that :D
With that said, may I please enquire as to why you plan to use fetchmail? Say, for example, if you have a 24/7 internet connection, then you can use any mail user agent like ThunderBird or Netscape to download mails to your local machine. Since you already have a domain hosted somewhere, and presumably you have mail boxes set up somewhere too, it is in my opinion the normal practice. All you need is POP3 or IMAP and SMTP open at the gateway from your local provider (or the secured ones, based on your needs). That way, you can configure your MUAs to exchange mails DIRECTLY from your domain server -- without being handicapped by any other parties. Fetchmail, the way I see it, is an effective tool for mostly off-line users or users who needed (I am using past tense here, since none of the MUAs had the provision to setup multiple mailboxes in one go -- it was a bit hectic for average users) to keep multiple mail boxes in sync -- i.e., say, you had [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so on, but preferred to have all the mails in one box -- your local server. In such cases, fetchmail WAS a very handy tool. But now a days you can configure multiple mail boxes in one MUA, and thus fetchmail has lost its charm to some extent. Now, if you plan to setup your linux box as your primary EMail server, then it is a totally different story. You need to configure your domain's DNS to point to your ISP's mail exchanger as primary MX (considering you don't have any realIP. But if you DO have RealIP, then you can point to that with no problem at all), and then configure your box to exchange mails with your ISPs mail server (part of the setup will be done at the ISP level, which the ISP will do, and part will be done at your end -- telling the server to use the ISP mail server as a mail hub), It's not complecated though, but the process will vary depending on your choice of MTAs and POP3/IMAP servers. I have not said a single word about fetchmail, I know, mainly because others have already responded to that -- RTFM, the man page is quite sufficient. happy linuxing. Quoting Xavier Fredrick Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Grurus, > > I have a domain in the internet with a mail server. I have broadband > connection with a real IP. I have a local Linux server connected > 24hrs. I like to download mails from my internet server and also send > mail through my local mail server. I found fetchmail is the tool to > so. But I don't know how to install or config and what extra tool I > need to install and config with that. > > Can anyone help me to find a quick installation script or provide me a > detail info to setup my local mail server? > > > Thanks > > Xavier F Gomes > Sr. Programmer > IBCS-PRIMAX Software (Bangladesh) Ltd. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Virus Free Email http://www.vfemail.net To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
