Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /usr/share/doc/fetchmail-common/examples/fetchmailrc.example Thanks... > Seems to be what you didn't look for. Maybe because it wasn't the address referenced in the dialog that pops up, nor is it part of the source distribution, near as I can tell.

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Harry Putnam([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Many thanks to all posters! > <--snip--> > Now the confusion about fetchmail: > > I didn't have it installed since I was setup so far, only to send > mail. But on install, I got several confusing messages popped up in a > dialog box

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Many thanks to all posters! Everyone suggests imap, and I am aware of its advantages. Probably will use imap at some point. All users are accustomed to POP3 at this point (Wife Daughter me). And since this is just a first run at getting it working, I'm going to try to setup popa3d as server.

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Jeff
Harry Putnam, 2002-Mar-15 14:49 -0800: > 1) What daeman do I need to have running (pop3d Imapd...). I intend >to have other household machines retreive via pop3 from this >server. I suggest imapd, so you'd have the option to retain mail on this system and view either with a webmail packag

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 02:49:30PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: ... > The things I'm really unsure about are: > > 1) What daeman do I need to have running (pop3d Imapd...). I intend >to have other household machines retreive via pop3 from this >server. Well, you'll first have to decide whe

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > The things I'm really unsure about are: > > 1) What daeman do I need to have running (pop3d Imapd...). I intend >to have other household machines retreive via pop3 from this >server. Although I prefer IMAP, you can use any POP3 daemon that you l

Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Woody/testing noX Several home machines on a home network Behind a hardware firewall (netgear FR314) Running exim/procmail Back in action.. Being the oldest perl student at ucsb was kind of fun. Final now over. Time to play. I wanted to see a general outline of how