I like your way of thinking :-)
I like that idea with fetchmail. I'll think about it and let you know what I come up with... (You see, I don't have a linux box sitting around that I could do all this with)...
Hmmm, question:
I can ssh into my home directory with my hosting company. I even installed Python in my home directory. But is this a "shell account"?
It seems that the only thing I cannot do with this ssh account is receive mail on it. Should I be able to receive mail on it?
(The hosting company I am using right now is 1and1.com).
Thanks! -- Nathan
Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:22:20 -0600, Nathan Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the end, it seems that you cannot set up a mailing list unless you have 1 of the following 2 things:
1) A shell account that receives email (so you can forward that mail on to ????) OR 2) The ability to set up email addresses that alias to a file (right?)
Is that right?
Well, to an extent yes, but I'm a fan of the "There is always a way!" attitude, so here's a way:
If you have a POP account somewhere then you can use fetchmail <http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/> to grab those emails down to another machine (perhaps your home machine) that isn't a public mail server (and which has a shell account you can use). fetchmail grabs email off another server using just about any protocol and then uses your local machine's mail server to deliver mail, so from that point you can use procmail/smartlist or even mailman to administer the list.
Depending on your ISP you may need to configure your local mail server to send mail through your ISP (this is a good idea anyway).
All of these programs have a learning curve, but there are good instructions for all. The solution I describe is partially described here <http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-man.html#25> under "Good Ways To Use Multidrop Mailboxes".
Hmm, this is getting beyond "newbie" grade stuff isn't it...
If I felt like I had time I'd describe the solution in more detail. Good luck, and let me know if you decide to try it and how it goes.
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