On Sunday 19 November 2000 09:27, Robin Collins wrote: > 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. > > 2) FETCHMAIL - to get my mail from other ISPs. > > 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. > > 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? >
Give XMail a try : http://www.mycio.com/davidel/xmail/ - Davide
