On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 23:54:43 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 23:26:49 -0400 > Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Would fetchmail do the trick? Fetchmail can get mail from all your > > POP3 and/or IMAP accounts and put the mails in a local user spool > > (/var/spool/mail/user) which could then be sent on via forward or > > retrieved by POP3 or IMAP. > > > > Or am I misunderstanding what you want to do? > > It's just that I'd like to learn how to use Postfix, and this could be > a good "beginners" project... As I understand it, Postfix doesn't go out and get mail, it just sits around listening for mail sent to the machine it lives on, or it will send mail from that machine or a trusted domain. It delivers mail locally (Internet > Postfix > user) but cannot be told to get mail from your ISP; for that you'll need fetchmail. Todd -- Anybody but a Republican or Democrat 2004
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