On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, AMIT GIROTTEE wrote: > Thanx, Philips . that was a good clarification. In
Eeeeek. There's no s in my name. Read the FAQ - http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/faq.shtml > fact that is what i was doing earlier. > > Ok see below :- > > poll mail.vsnl.net proto pop3 > user amit there with password pwd is amit here; > > 1. I am currently logging as root on the gateway. Does the part of > sentence /command "is amit here" means that my mails will be fetched > in the user amit even if i have logged in as root at the gateway. yes > Where exactly will my mail file lie. like for root it is > /var/spool/mail/root. What in this case ? in /var/spool/mail/amit - provided a user named amit exists on that machine. If you use smtphost intranet_server however, the mails WILL NOT be stored on the gateway. I repeat - you WILL NOT find the mails on the gateway. > 2. On the Intranet server , do i have to login as amit or root to see > the mails by mail command. Where exactly will my mail lie on the > intranet server log in as amit. If you've used smtphost intranet_server, then the mails will lie in /var/spool/mail/amit on the intranet_server. This is the default path, and may have been changed, but that is unlikely. > 3. Is it necessary to login as amit on the intranet server and not > root so that the client (win 98) can access the user amit Or , even if You do not have to log in to the intranet server. Your pop3 client will connect using POP3 protocol. You need to tell your pop3 client to use user amit and not user root. > 4. Will a copy of the mail be there on the gateway. If you use smtphost intranet_server, then there will be no copy on the gateway, if you do not use smtphost intranet_server, then the mail will only be on the gateway and nowhere else. -- God is the tangential point between zero and infinity. -- Alfred Jarry _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
