From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 24 15:54:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550A137B401 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:54:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f5OMoos28976; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:50:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B366F64.E32C0C0A@iowna.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:53:24 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Banning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to set up a mail server References: <200106242339.f5ONdN961815@d.tracker> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Banning wrote: > > If I have networked windows machines off the main FreeBSD box, how do > I set it up so that the windows boxes can collect the mail off the > FreeBSD box using outlook express, etc. > > I have presently sendmail operating to deliver mail via smtp, and use fetchmail and popclient > to collect mail off particular pop servers out in the world. That mail presently > collects in /var/mail/each_user. > > I just don't understand how to configure the unix box as a mail server to > windows based mail clients. Install either qpopper or an imap server or both, then tell the outlook express, etc. clients to use that server as their POP3 (for qpopper) or imap server. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message