some isp's let you have a number of pop boxes on their server. so then set up your mail server with fetchmail with a number of entries like this:
poll pop.isp.co.nz proto pop3 user mayes1 with pass whatever is kerry here this retrieves mail in mayes1's pop box at isp.co.nz and spools it to user kerry on the local mail server. On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:09:19 +1300 Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is more likely to be a dumb question! > > What other methods are there to get individual mail for each member of > the family (of five)? (And what are the advantages / disadvantages of > each method) > > Kerry Mayes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 11:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Email server for Home Network - why? > > > Apologies to those who consider this a dumb question....... > > I can think of two reasons why one would set up an email server at home. > > 1/ Mail is readily "served" to workstations from an always on server > 2/ Mail can be accessed elsewhere without using "webmail" > > Neither of these reasons are compelling enough for me but I am curious > to know if others have compelling arguments. > > -- > Robert Fisher > www.fisher.net.nz > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
