Re: [Probably a bit OT] A question about mail systems [SOLVED]
On Saturday 15 of January 2011 22:45:23, Rolf Nielsen wrote: Thanks for the input I received from you guys. I've got things running in a way I'm quite happy with now. And with your input and a little further digging on my part, it turned out to be pretty simple. I kept sendmail, set up dovecot as an IMAP server, and put | /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver in ~/.forward. That's all I did. And it works just like I want it to. Realising it was that simple made me laugh at myself. But then again, mail servers isn't my area of expertise. I find using ~/.forward for this a bit of an ugly hack, but as long as I'm the only one using this computer, I can live with it, though I would prefer to have it in /etc/mail/aliases instead, but that just gives me warnings about deliver not being run as the correct user (yes, I did try with the -d option). If someone knows how to fix that, I'd be greatful, but it's not that important, at least not for the time being, so don't lose any sleep over it for me. Anyway, thanks again for the input, Rolf Nielsen As you left sendmail and not mention about reconfiguring it I think that you should do it according to Dovecot wiki: http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail Maciej ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Probably a bit OT] A question about mail systems [SOLVED]
2011-01-17 11:04, Maciej Milewski skrev: ... I find using ~/.forward for this a bit of an ugly hack, but as long as I'm the only one using this computer, I can live with it, though I would prefer to have it in /etc/mail/aliases instead, but that just gives me warnings about deliver not being run as the correct user (yes, I did try with the -d option). If someone knows how to fix that, I'd be greatful, but it's not that important, at least not for the time being, so don't lose any sleep over it for me. Anyway, thanks again for the input, Rolf Nielsen As you left sendmail and not mention about reconfiguring it I think that you should do it according to Dovecot wiki: http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail Maciej I read that, and according to the instructions, it assumes sendmail is set up for virtual hosting and that local system mail is not handled by deliver. The way I have it configured now, and the way I want it, I have no virtual hosting (what would be the point of that with one user account?), and all mail, including local system mail, is passed through deliver. This way I only need one mail reader, regardless of where the mail comes from and which mailbox it's sent to. And since I also have root's mail forwarded to my regular user account (via /etc/mail/aliases), I get all mail, whether local system mail or from the outside world, transparently delivered to ~/Maildir, and I can read it from whichever IMAP capable client I choose. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Probably a bit OT] A question about mail systems [SOLVED]
2011-01-08 13:26, Rolf Nielsen skrev: Hello, I have several e-mail addresses, and to make it easier to read them all, I use fetchmail to get the messages from the servers and deliver them to one local account. And I have a POP3 server running so I can read that local account's mail from e.g. thunderbird or even from my cell phone. The POP3 server I use is mail/popd from the ports, but I'm not very happy with it. Among other things it occasionally messes up attached files, so I want to switch. Moreover, I'd like to use maildir instead of a single file mailbox, so I'd like to switch from sendmail to e.g. postfix. The problem is that my knowledge about e-mail configuration is somewhat limited. I've found several tutorials and HOWTOs on getting postfix and either a POP3 or an IMAP server up and running, but they were all aimed at quite advanced setups, meant for serving entire domains, and most of them involved having the users in a MySQL database. I've fiddled a bit with it, but I can't seem to get postfix to deliver the mail. So here's what I want to do. 1. Have fetchmail get the messages. 2. Have an MTA (is that the right name, I always confuse them) deliver them locally to a maildir. 3. Have either a POP3 or an IMAP server from which I can retrieve the messages to whichever client I choose. 1 isn't a problem unless I need to make some radical changes. How do I set up 2 in the easiest possible way? Can anyone point me to a tutorial or HOWTO that I've missed? Or perhaps give me some tips on how to do it? For 3, can anyone recomend a good server that's easy to get up and running and which, obviously, handles maildir? Preferably one that can do both POP3 and IMAP, in case my needs change later. A good tutorial or HOWTO, or maybe some pointers? If I've left something out or I need to clarify anything, please let me know. I'll do what I can to help you help me. :) Thanks in advance, Rolf Nielsen Thanks for the input I received from you guys. I've got things running in a way I'm quite happy with now. And with your input and a little further digging on my part, it turned out to be pretty simple. I kept sendmail, set up dovecot as an IMAP server, and put | /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver in ~/.forward. That's all I did. And it works just like I want it to. Realising it was that simple made me laugh at myself. But then again, mail servers isn't my area of expertise. I find using ~/.forward for this a bit of an ugly hack, but as long as I'm the only one using this computer, I can live with it, though I would prefer to have it in /etc/mail/aliases instead, but that just gives me warnings about deliver not being run as the correct user (yes, I did try with the -d option). If someone knows how to fix that, I'd be greatful, but it's not that important, at least not for the time being, so don't lose any sleep over it for me. Anyway, thanks again for the input, Rolf Nielsen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
