+++ Manoj M Nair [linux-india] <11/01/02 04:26 +0000>:
> We are in the process of setting a mail server for our company.
> So we've decided to use Postfix as our mail server. I have gone thru
> the postfix documentaion and unable to find POP3 functionality.
Because postfix is not a pop3 server
> ie, Is it only a smtp daemon???..if so what we need to configure for
> receiving mails...??
Postfix will RECEIVE mails and store them on its server. It will also act as
an smtp server for allowed IP ranges / authenticated users.
For pop3 you need something like courier imap, cyrus imap, uw-imapd, qpopper,
etc etc etc. Take your pick.
> Now we are using microsoft exchange server, pushing
> the mails to the respective mailboxes - personal folders automatically.
Mails get dumped to /var/spool/mail/username or whatever - from which users
read the mail using imap, or set their outlook to pull down mail using pop3.
Note - outlook 2k in CWS mode (corporate, workgroup server) supports pop3 and
exchange folders. In IMO (Internet Mail Only) mode it supports pop3 and imap
- but no exchange server plugins.
Another thing you will miss is the groupware functionality if you use it -
stuff like a global address book (try openldap for that - but outlook's ldap
support doesn't quite agree with openldap even if you configure it per the
tips at one of the sourceforge projects <- search for outlook and ldap there)
That is, it doesnt give people the look and feel of M$'s public address book.
So last time I migrated users from exchange to linux (mandrake 7.2, exim
3.33) I purchased something called "Dencom Global Address Book" -> note that
now you will have to use only pop3 as Dencom is an 'outlook plugin', a
feature available only in CWS mode <- which doesn't support imap).
> We don't want to disturb the current oprating scenario..
> So pls guide me how to push mail to the clients using POP3
> instead of pressing send/recive button in the mail client to receive mails.
You can basically
1. Install a pop3 server (the imap servers above all have pop3 components)
2. configure the mail program (outhouse excuse, outhouse etc) to poll the
server for new mail every 5 minutes (or whatever short interval)
-srs
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LOST #103 -**< Sub : How to read HTML mails from mutt >**-
To read HTML mails from mutt, append in ~/.mailcap
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And in ~/.muttrc add :
auto_view text/html
set implicit_autoview
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