On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:52 PM, /dev/rob0 <r...@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:02:02PM +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: >> Am 12.11.2012 11:21, schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: >> > my questions are >> > ------------------------ >> > 1. i have to download email from US mailbox via POP and save it >> > it down to postfix Local maildir formate, account vise. so i need >> > to know the utility for that. because this option is available >> > in exchange server, mailerdeamon. so i am certain that this would >> > be available for postfix for maildir formate. >> >> forget fetchmail use getmail > > I'll add my +1 to this comment, and throw in a "why POP3?" question. > Who is your provider, gmail? POP3 should have died out a decade ago. > The replacement is IMAP, and lo and behold, Getmail as well as every > other MUA/MUU supports it fully. It's hard to imagine a significant > mail service which has POP3 but not IMAP service. > > Another thing worth mention: Postfix != MSexchange. The latter is a > suite of software which implements (misimplements in many cases, it > seems, although to be fair I think that is more commonly a case of > administrator incompetence) other protocols to present the user with > a complete mail server solution. > > Postfix is a MTA (mail transfer agent.) The MTA is just one of many > parts a complete mail server would require. And perhaps you (the OP, > I mean) should discuss your ultimate goal here. From what this and > your other thread showed us, I am doubtful that you want or need a > MTA at all.
Actually what i need is not MTA you are correct but i knowo that combining postfix with extra addons like dovecat, spamassasin etc. we can make it more secure and reliable then other microsoft base platforms. here is the scenario and goals that i want to achieve. we already have 1 mail server hosted in US. now the problem is even if we have to send local emails it has to reach our US mail server which means extra bandwidth and as our users are growing i need to find a better solution to trim down extra email traffic. and for my learning i select postfix and a whole solution. we do have other solutions like citadel and zimbra but they are limited secondly they are very heavy on resources. so my goals are. 1. Local storage of emails, so none of the emails go to internet or US mail serer for inside communication 2. i need to provide imap facility to all the users for connecting from there smartphones and laptops. 3. want to multipop (mailerdemaon terminoligy to sync mailboxes) email to sync mail boxes in US and my local server. 4. some of the users still use US mail server. therefore email for same domain (but users who are not present in local mailserver) shell be sent to US office. 5. spam filter. virus scan. 6. backup and restore. i do have an option of backing up email by backup the whole Virtual machine. however if i can find a utility which can backup whole setting with out problem would be more helpful. after my research i found out that what i am planning is possible. here is the document but the problem is there howto is based on MySQL but what i need is maildir setup. http://workaround.org/ispmail/squeeze Thanks, > >> http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/ >> >> >> >> config like i.e this >> >> >> [retriever] >> type = SimplePOP3Retriever > > P.S.: Getmail also supports TLS/SSL. :) > -- > http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting > Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
