I am a small step above a complete noob when it comes to Linux. I am seeking guidance and very detailed information in setting up my system so I can read and send email addressed to and sent from my ISP email (POP/SMTP) account.
I already have Apace/PHP/SquirrelMail installed and working on my system. I assume that I need some kind of scheduled process to download my ISP mail (download my mail from my ISP's pop mail server) on regular intervals and deliver it to the squirrelmail inbox. I am also assuming that I need some sort of scheduled process to take mail that I send from squirrelmail and send it from my ISP account (connect to my isp's SMTP server and send all mail) on regular intervals. I need to know what I need in addition to squirrelmail and how to configure these and squirrelmail to accomplish this. The Gentoo Desktop Configuration help guide was unclear to me. Assuming I get the help I need, I will attempt to contact the author and explain why it was unclear and give my reccomendations so I can pass along the favor to the community. The guide seemed to suggest that fetchmail and courier-imap somehow came into the mix in some way that I do not understand. Here's the extra credit question: Since I access my system remotely via web and ssh, and use a GUI when I'm local, can I also throw mutt and sylpheed-claws into this equation and have mutt/sylpheed/squirrelmail all share the same inbox and sent folders? THAT would truly be an accomplishment and is something I would like to make happen if possible. Minimally, I'd like to have sylpheed and mutt share the same folders and synchronize with the squirrelmail folders (keep in mind that some messages will be sent from squirrelmail, so syncronization is a two-way thing). I would need some specifics on how to configure mutt and sylpheed-claws to share folders; my web searches and research and manual reading has been extremely frustrating due to my noobishness. aTdHvAaNnKcSe for any assistance, Devi0s -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
