Robin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Up till now I've shyed away from implmenting mail on my Linux boxes, > it seems so complicated and my nice friendly (!) Windows POP3 clients > seem generally far easier to use. However, I've now gone back to an ISP > (Demon) which tries to deliver > mail using SMTP, the only ISP I've ever had where this is an option. > It therefore seems time for me to get to grips with this-here Linux > mail stuff. > > I still need to retain POP3 client access to other mailboxes, so at > present I'm thinking that from the vast array of MTAs, MUAs (etc. > etc.) these seem to fit the bill for me: > > 1) QMAIL - 'cos it's also a POP server, meaning I can revert to my > Windows clients if I fail to find a Linux one I likt.
ok > 2) FETCHMAIL - to get my mail from other ISPs. ok > As far as I can see QMAIL will receive my Demon mail via SMTP and > FETCHMAIL can go off to my other ISPs and get the mail there and wack > it into QMAIL, so I have all my mail ready for reading via POP. not exactly > Will this work like I think it will? Will QMAIL act as an SMTP server > to deliver mail I send out, meaning I won't have to use an ISP's SMTP > server? sending: MUA > qmail/sendmail > [isp smarthost > ] other mail smtp server receiving: fetchmail with pop3 server > [qmail >] mbox > MUA i think []'s are optional steps > Sorry if this are naive questions, but even after reading a _lot_ of > HOWTOs, READMEs etc. I find the whole area of Linux mail systems > pretty much impenetrable :) yep, i learned it sort of by making my own MTA like qmail ;)
