You can install wu-imap, which has a pop3 and imap server (accessed via
inetd or xinetd).
try:
urpmi imap
Buchan
> Subject: Re: [expert] Alternative to postfix
> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 12:56:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Christian,
>
> Sendmail and Postfix cannot and will not install and work on the same
> system at the same time. They fight one another. You will first have to
> uninstall Postfix altogether, and then install Sendmail. If you're running
> Mdk 7.2 I strongly suggest using sendmail-8.9.3-20 or sendmail-8.10.x-x
> because there seems to be something amiss with the version of Sendmail
> that ships with Mdk 7.2.
>
> I have used both of the versions I've mentioned above on my mandrake 7.2
> system with success, but at present I am using 8.9.3-20 because it works
> better with Majordomo then does 8.10. Not sure why...all I know at the
> moment is that it works and I'm happy with that.
>
> Sendmail will accept connections and perform as a mailserver just fine. I
> used it as such and am able to receive mail from the internet AND connect
> to it to gather the mail sent to the system. More over, I'm able to
> connect to the mailserver with Netscape Messenger to both send and recieve
> mail.
>
> So, Sendmail is a very functional SMTP.
>
> --
> Mark
>
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
>
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Christian A [iso-8859-1] Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:49:30 +0100
> > From: "Christian A [iso-8859-1] Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Alternative to postfix
> >
> > On Thursday 08 February 2001 16:49, you wrote:
> > > postfix is a very very good mailer. i suggest that you join
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . they answered all my questions very rapidly,
> > > and now i'm running postfix on all my servers.
> >
> > postfix, as I've learned, is not a pop server, eg. I can not download mail
> > from it. So I'm asking for a pop server :)
> >
> >
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