Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:43:03 -0400 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 Mail Retrieval Configuration Message-ID: <20070622163717.60EA.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <825839a80706221148q629c949eh770b0fbccb8ef399@mail.gmail.com> References: <825839a80706221148q629c949eh770b0fbccb8ef399@mail.gmail.com>
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On June 22, 2007 at 02:48PM Jarrod Hildebrand wrote: > I am working as a temp co-op student for a small business, and was given my > first project. Email responses are part our daily duties in my work > environment. We currently use gmail for our three email accounts. One is > internal, and the other two are not. Seeing as how gmail doesnt sync with > the other addresses, we have to constantly use gmails fetch settings to > retrieve mail from the other two addresses. Im in the midst of setting up > FreeBSD POP3 and IMAP4 for retrieving e-mail, and (LDAP) for directory > services. I need advice on how to configure the clients to retrieve there 2 > email addresses from there XP machines using FreeBSD. There are so many > ports and packages to use Im not sure which ones to pick, and where to > start. Ive got Procmail & Fetchmail installed on FrreBSD. I want to have > Exim to hand off the email addressed to Me@xxxx.com to procmail , which in > turn will run it thru SpamAssassin. Then to send a copy to GMail and deliver > one locally. Also archives a copy on the server in monthly mbox files as a > secondary backup > I got 5 days to have it up and running! > > Any configuration ideas for Postfix, Procmail, Fetchmail > The setup will only be used for retrieval only, with no need to use it as > an SMTP relay server. Im not looking for a large response, but if anyone > could give me some info on what to install (in what order) and how to > configure the protocols would be greatly appreciated. > There is no registered domain for our company, so my goal is to just receive > emails, and store them locally > Resource recommendations would help too. I use Postfix with Dovecot and Fetchmail to harvest email from GMail, as well as send it. You mentioned that you did not need SMTP services. Personally, I would loose Procmail. It is a memory hog, and Dovecot with sieve is a better proposition IMHO. I am not sure what you are exactly looking for; however, using virtual accounts with Postfix or Postfix and Dovecot might ease your setup problems. -- Gerard
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