From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 30 20: 2:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.147.1.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B728237B410 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:02:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (acadia.ne.mediaone.net [65.96.185.189]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f9132Nh27318 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:02:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (8.11.5/8.11.5) id f912xh100579 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:59:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:59:43 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting up cyrus-imapd from the ports Message-ID: <20010930225942.B99764@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239014F559E@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0F3@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0F3@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-bright-idea: Lets abolish HTML mail! 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 On 09/30/01 05:27 PM, Drew Tomlinson sat at the `puter and typed: > > > I have spent the past 3 days trying to configure a 4.4 box so it will > collect my mail and allow me to get it via POP3. Thanks for your > explaination. Now I think my problem might be that I don't have a MDA? Ah, I've been wrestling with an immensely stupid mistake of mine with Cyrus for about 3 weeks. Finally, some very helpful folks on the cyrus list took me by the hand, asking for output to specific queries, and spotted my mistake right off. Still kicking myself. > I have successfully set up Postfix (I think) and it's replaced Sendmail. > Next, I've installed Courier-IMAP from the ports but I don't know if it's > running right or not. I only want to use the POP3d at this time but can > forsee the need for IMAP later. So two questions: > > 1. Do I have a MUA in this configuration? No. The MUA is whatever you want to use to get your mail. That should be user's choice. One may want to use MS LookOut, another may want to use Mutt, Netscape, Eudora, etc. Any mail client that supports the protocol you choose to make available (Pop, IMAP, etc) should do fine, and several may be used at once by different users. > 2. If I do, does it deliver in the maildir format? The MUA should only have to READ the appropriate format. I'm not that familiar with maildir, so I couldn't tell you which clients do read it, but I do know Mutt will. I don't know about the others. I assume Eudora will, but I don't know. > As you can tell, this is all *VERY* new to me. Any advice, links, RTFMs, > etc. would be greatly appreciated. If you went with Postfix, there should be some links available in the distribution docs. I'm afraid I am completely unfamiliar with it. Likewise Courier-IMAP. Sorry. I can only try to talk intelligently about that which I know at least a little. In both cases, there should be mail lists that can help you with 'hooking to' the next/previous links. I'd suggest subscribing to them. One or two more won't hurt :) I am subscribed to at least 6 right now. Nevermind the 4 or 5 I have dropped for the time being. HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ There are certain things men must do to remain men. -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4929.4 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message