Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:45:20 -0400 (EDT) From: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: david@banning.com (David Banning) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procmail question. Message-ID: <200105092345.TAA00647@scarlet.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <20010509000418.A1426@yahoo.com> from David Banning at "May 9, 2001 00:04:19 am"
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Procmail is for mail filtering. It allows you to place mail into different folders or files based on info it gets from the header or in the message itself. The man pages for it are excellent. This can work with your pop client to keep your mail in order. It works great for mailing lists. Ian As told by, David Banning > Ian, > > I notice you are using procmail. I don't know anything about procmail. > > I am just wondering - what is it? I am now receiving by using a pop client. > Would it work for me? > > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 10:19:27AM -0400, User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > This is the only way I have tried with Earthlink. I'll have to see if > > regular SMTP will work too. I don't think there is too much of a difference > > between the two. I believe ESMTP allows passing of info about a message > > regarding whether it is regular mail or MIME in the commands used to talk > > with other mail relays. > > How are you using yahoo for an outbound SMTP relay? I have a mail > > account with them but was not able to set up SMTP before. I'm not able to auth > > with the server for outgoing mail. I am able to pull down mail fine from there > > with fetchmail. > > > > Ian > > > > As told by, David Banning > > > Hi Ian. Between your sample, and the page you > > > recommended, I got it. > > > > > > BTW, what is the esmtp part of your earthlink server address? I tried that with yahoo, > > > and then took it out. It worked both ways. > > > > > > Many thanks for your assistance. It ended many hours of fruitless work. > > > > > > > > > > I am guessing that your username on your box is not the same as the one > > > > you use when sending out mail. You need the FEATURE(`genericstable') in your > > > > .mc file. Here is the way my .mc looks ... > > > > > > > > OSTYPE(bsd4.4)dnl > > > > define(`SMART_HOST', `esmtp:smtp.earthlink.net')dnl > > > > FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')dnl > > > > FEATURE(`local_procmail')dnl > > > > FEATURE(`genericstable', `hash /etc/mail/genericstable')dnl > > > > GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/genericsdomain')dnl > > > > FEATURE(`nouucp') > > > > MASQUERADE_AS(`earthlink.net')dnl > > > > MAILER(local)dnl > > > > MAILER(smtp)dnl > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. > > > > -- > The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes > the worst cigars. > -- H. L. Mencken > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > -- Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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