From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 8 15:02:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A208110656CB for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057DE8FC0A for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p08F1vA7058893 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:01:57 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p08F1vA7058893 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1294498918; bh=Nqd6ovwajYBb4sfRKRETFopKSGhZw6NUwgWkT/5C8N4=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4D287C5D.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2008=20Jan=202011=2015:01:49=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-US=3B=20r v:1.9.2.13)=20Gecko/20101207=20Thunderbird/3.1.7|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Rolf=20Nielsen=20|CC:=20Fre eBSD=20Questions=20|Subject:=20Re:= 20[Probably=20a=20bit=20OT]=20A=20question=20about=20mail=20system s|References:=20<4D2857EE.1090808@lazlarlyricon.com>|In-Reply-To:= 20<4D2857EE.1090808@lazlarlyricon.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.1.1 |OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20mi calg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"= 3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig1DAADB19CA75552E1F9054A3"; b=Ey4OSXvscZCgVz6nrUFDv6rvf+KFC97ikPtCgYYS6LcxYg2jmSVLrtkvv1zfTOHVi sKbjM6bDgCvlw+cPiqzUJU+1gbrsVNWJRi67p6t2oJV7E7QtxytdRHYn9ko/5AIEjs veh4G480YY9WXGZTD1zwRDGqgJtqrnxjaLIb/NwE= Message-ID: <4D287C5D.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:01:49 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rolf Nielsen References: <4D2857EE.1090808@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4D2857EE.1090808@lazlarlyricon.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1DAADB19CA75552E1F9054A3" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.5 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: [Probably a bit OT] A question about mail systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:02:02 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1DAADB19CA75552E1F9054A3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/01/2011 12:26, Rolf Nielsen wrote: > So here's what I want to do. >=20 > 1. Have fetchmail get the messages. Should not be a problem. > 2. Have an MTA (is that the right name, I always confuse them) deliver > them locally to a maildir. While you can use an MTA it's not actually necessary in this case. What you absolutely do need is a Local Delivery Agent (a.k.a Mail Deliver Agent: MDA) of which there are several available. You should be able to hook them up directly to fetchmail. Some LDAs that understand Maildir -- procmail -- stand-alone mail filtering and delivery application. deliver -- part of dovecot IMAP server > 3. Have either a POP3 or an IMAP server from which I can retrieve the > messages to whichever client I choose. dovecot works very well serving Maildir via IMAP. As mentioned elsethread, dovecot v2 isn't really stable yet. Also lacks some of the add-ons like managesieve. For a quiet life, stick to dovecot v1 for the moment. > 1 isn't a problem unless I need to make some radical changes. >=20 > 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? IIRC there's a '-m' flag to fetchmail which is what you want. The other bit of this is setting up dovecot without needing to install LDAP or MySQL or whatever. That's not very difficult actually, and covered in the Dovecot Wiki. Either use PAM authentication from Dovecot (in which case usernames, passwords etc. will be identical to what you use to log into your server), or use a local passwd format file. While you don't need an MTA for *reading* e-mail like this, you will definitely need one for sending e-mail. The good news is that it can be on some completely different system eg. provided by your ISP, or via gmail etc. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig1DAADB19CA75552E1F9054A3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk0ofGUACgkQ8Mjk52CukIw1QwCffIH7kLIR02SRDg4ktxUo6w/n LikAn3gBSrValbXeSyLOtWKnPOzlLoQR =dGsV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1DAADB19CA75552E1F9054A3--