From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 21:01:52 2010 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 DDD34106566B for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:01:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0B58FC19 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:01:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:01:42 -0400 References: <201003252052.o2PKqlNY018362@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Message-Id: <046F1D9E-1A59-4FB7-95E7-3CA97CFD7D24@olivent.com> From: mikel king To: Martin McCormick In-Reply-To: <201003252052.o2PKqlNY018362@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:01:43 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: popd to send Mail to a Mac 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: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:01:52 -0000 On Mar 25, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: > I like to receive mail on a FreeBSD system and want to > continue to do so but occasionally, I have a message that needs > to be forwarded to a Macintosh in my office. It turns out that > Mac's do not do normal smtp mail like sendmail but one of the > options is pop. > > I installed popd on the FreeBSD server and want to be > able to feed messages meant for the Mac to popd at which point, > I should be able to retrieve them on that mac. > > The normal scenario is: > > Mail comes in and I read it. One message has a 20-mile-long url > to a javascrypt-infested web site that lynx can't handle. I > should forward this message to the Mac and there, I can use > safari to handle that message. > > Those are the only messages that will need to go through > popd so I need a simple way to feed them in so the Mac can get > them out. > > Thanks. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services > Group Why not just roll out IMAP and then it won't matter? Actually if you wanted to use fancy postfix server side filtering I'd recommend you go IMAP anyway. Filter the 'bad' messages into their own folder. Honestly that seems more trouble than it's worth. Regards, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, BSD News Network Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 o: 631.627.3055 c: 631.796.1499 skype:mikel.king http://olivent.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking http://twitter.com/mikelking