Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:55:17 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Probably a bit OT] A question about mail systems Message-ID: <4D2888E5.40507@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4D287C5D.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4D2857EE.1090808@lazlarlyricon.com> <4D287C5D.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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2011-01-08 16:01, Matthew Seaman skrev: > On 08/01/2011 12:26, Rolf Nielsen wrote: >> So here's what I want to do. >> >> 1. Have fetchmail get the messages. > > Should not be a problem. > >> 2. Have an MTA (is that the right name, I always confuse them) deliver >> them locally to a maildir. > > While you can use an MTA it's not actually necessary in this case. What > you absolutely do need is a Local Delivery Agent (a.k.a Mail Deliver > Agent: MDA) of which there are several available. You should be able to > hook them up directly to fetchmail. > > Some LDAs that understand Maildir -- > > procmail -- stand-alone mail filtering and delivery application. > deliver -- part of dovecot IMAP server > >> 3. Have either a POP3 or an IMAP server from which I can retrieve the >> messages to whichever client I choose. > > dovecot works very well serving Maildir via IMAP. As mentioned > elsethread, dovecot v2 isn't really stable yet. Also lacks some of > the add-ons like managesieve. For a quiet life, stick to dovecot v1 > for the moment. > >> 1 isn't a problem unless I need to make some radical changes. >> >> How do I set up 2 in the easiest possible way? Can anyone point me to a >> tutorial or HOWTO that I've missed? Or perhaps give me some tips on how >> to do it? > > IIRC there's a '-m' flag to fetchmail which is what you want. > > The other bit of this is setting up dovecot without needing to install > LDAP or MySQL or whatever. That's not very difficult actually, and > covered in the Dovecot Wiki. Either use PAM authentication from Dovecot > (in which case usernames, passwords etc. will be identical to what you > use to log into your server), or use a local passwd format file. > > While you don't need an MTA for *reading* e-mail like this, you will > definitely need one for sending e-mail. The good news is that it can be > on some completely different system eg. provided by your ISP, or via > gmail etc. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Thanks to all who've replied so far. Matthew's ideas strike me as the most interesting ones, and I will certainly explore them and see if I can get it working. I guess I should have explained in my original post that I neither need nor want an SMTP server locally, since I use the one my ISP provides, but I didn't know about the MDA option. Thanks again, Rolf
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