> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 02:44:01 +0100 > From: Ken Moffat <[email protected]> > Subject: [blfs-support] postfix and fetchmail to/from virginmedia.com ? > > Anybody here using an @virginmedia.com address ? > > My main address still uses the old ntlworld.com smtp and pop3, and > just works (without any fancy configuration). But a while ago I got > a second address for testing - and that address is @virginmedia.com > so I assume it should be using the virginmedia smtp and pop3 > servers. > > At first I used it from qemu, and it seemed to work. But a few > months later it didn't. Now, I've got an old machine set up for > testing on real hardware. It seems that I should be using openssl > and cyrus-sasl for postfix, but that isn't working. For fetchmail I > cannot now find any options (I thought I had seen something about > cyrus-sasl, but maybe I was mistaken). > > I figured I'd ask here before trying to navigate the virginmedia > forum. >
Indirect suggestion: -- * you don't/shouldn't need to use a local mail-server on the machine. * your mail client should be able to do smtp/pop/imap directly with the relevant virginmedia server. * if you don't know the settings for retrieving via pop/imap, then you're likely to hit same issue with fetchmail. -- More-indirect: == * 'getmail' (python prog) I've found to be pretty useful as a fetchmail alternative/complement. == And even better: -- * get one or more domains. * get a block (8 will do) of fixed-ip addresses from yr isp. * map one of the domains to be the main one; do this with isp interaction - they'll need to setup some stuff at their end. * setup a network chez-Ken, with yr own dns/mail-servers/web-servers/virtual-hosting(for the other, non-main domains)/&c&c&c. * don't use 3rd-party isp-type email addresses ... it's 2016. -- rgds, akh -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
