On Sat, September 23, 2006 9:16 am, Peter Teunissen wrote: > On 14-sep-2006, at 22:21, Butler, Lawrence wrote: >> Is there a version of Squirrelmail that can be used without IMAP? >> >> My hosting service does not provide IMAP support. >> >> If there is no version. Is there a way to get pass this? >> > There's only an imap version since webmail tipically relies on a > server to store it's mail. You could however run your own SMTP > (postfix) and imap server (cyrus, uw-imap etc.) and use fetchmail to > get the mail from your hosting provider's pop service into your own > imap store. You might also want to check if you provider supports > forwarding mail to your smtp server, in that case you could do > without fetchmail. > > HTH, > > Peter
Good answer Peter, tactful suggestion. This of course, implies that his network has routable IP's and he is willing to run a mail server on it (to catch the forwarded mail). But rather than use fetchmail, he could have his provider simply add an MX record for his domain in DNS and run a mail server such as Sendmail or Postfix as a smarthost. He would be sending mail through his provider's SMTP and receiving it on his own machine. Or optionally users could configure outgoing mail on their clients to use the provider's SMTP rather than the smarthost. Maybe run DNS on his same server for his domain if his provider won't add the needed mx record. If he doesn't have routeable IP's and is sitting behind NAT on a 192.168.0.0/24 network then he will have to use fetchmail but still he can run the smarthost and he can power up/down the server at will. Whatever does his NAT (assuming his network in NATted) would have to be smart enough to route his web traffic to the same server otherwise he wouldn't have access via SM outside his local environment. I'm not sure why I'm throwing my 2 cents worth in. Maybe he should just get another provider. I think you can have a virtual machine on a Net backbone for under $25 per month now. Unlimited domains and 8 IP's too. Dotster is offering that. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting Guidelines: > http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines > List Address: [email protected] > List Archives: > http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 > List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > -- Paul A. Franz Blackdog Motor Freight Office 425.641.8202 FAX 425.641.1773 Cell 425.241.1618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [email protected] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
