I don't think that using postfix for such a mail system is good. It's enough to use nbsmtp or esmtp, while delivering mail via fetchmail and procmail.
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 01:05:42PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hi, > > On my laptop I run Postfix to send mails. I receive mails from my > gmail account using fetchmail. > > I'm using Maildir format for mail storage. In Postfix, I'm using > procmail for mail delivery. > I've also set certain rules in my .procmailrc file to filter mails. > > Recently I've been noticing that even though fetchmail fetches mails > and flushes them to Postfix, under Maildir I don't see those mails. > > I looked into Procmail's log file and verified that procmail did copy > the mail to Maildir/cur folder but physically I didn't find the mail > over there. > > I'm now worried because I don't know how many such mails I've lost. > > 1) Is safecat the only safe utility for mail delivery to Maildir. > 2) Should I instead use Qmail. > 3) Why is this happening and where might have the lost mails gone ? > 4) What configuration settings people use on their laptops in the > context of mail ? > 5) Is there any good Email Laptop HOWTO ? > > Please CC me. I'm not subscribed to the list. > > Ritesh > -- > Ritesh Raj Sarraf > RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com > "Necessity is the mother of invention" > "Stealing logics from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is > research." > "The great are those who achieve the impossible, the petty are those > who cannot - rrs" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
