Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:49:51 +0300 (MSK) From: Varshavchick Alexander <alex@metrocom.ru> To: Michael Doyle <relyod@indigo.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: POP/Sendmail configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980213163409.4796D-100000@alex.metrocom.ru> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980213125307.0096b4b0@pop.indigo.ie>
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On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Michael Doyle wrote:
> At 10:29 13/02/1998 +0000, you wrote:
> >I don't see this in the FAQ, but
> >I'm sure someone has come up against it before...
> >
> >
> >My ISP has put all the mail for my domain into a POP account on
> >their server. How can I get my FreeBSD box to collect it, and then
> >re-distribute it to the correct users ?
> >
>
> Me, replying to my own message.
> Here's a wild guess, someone please tell me if it's
> a good effort, or a stupid guess :-)
>
> popclient -u <user> -p <pwd> -c mailhost | sendmail
>
> If I'm right, that would make popclient go and get all the mail
> from the POP account on mailhost, (using username and password supplied)
> and pipe all its output into sendmail.
> Sendmail should then re-send the messages. (This assumes that popclient
> will output the messages in the correct format)
>
> WILL THIS WORK, or do I need to try something different?
Instead popclient you may use fetchmail - it is newer and with more
options. But this way all mail will be sended to only one user. In order
to redistribute it to original recipients you may use procmail for that
user (or install procmail as a local mailer for sendmail) and from
procmailrc file redirect all mail via sendmail with "-t" flag:
Extract from man for sendmail:
-t Read message for recipients. To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will
be scanned for recipient addresses. The Bcc: line will be
deleted before transmission. Any addresses in the argument
list will be suppressed, that is, they will not receive
copies even if listed in the message header.
But better way, of cause, to ask your ISP to don't use one POP account for
your domain but make queueing instead so that you may get mail via ETRN,
for example. See this list's archives and FAQ (http://www.sendmail.org)
for more info.
Bye
Varshavchick Alexander, Metrocom Joint Stock Company
Phone: (812)118-3322, 314-8986(fax)
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