On Thursday 15 January 2004 02:23, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:37:16AM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 04:59, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:39:21PM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote:
> > 4. throw in spam filtering > > you can do basic spam filtering with procmail OR add other > stuff-spamassasin... Answers that question before I asked it. Thanks. > > > 5. MUA->nullmailer->SMTP Smart Relay > > dont know what this is. SMTP-smarthost, the server at smtp.myisp.com > > > I am avoiding sendmail because (IMO) it's big and does things I don't > > need. > > it was MY choice but it is not DEBIAN's default. exim3 or 4 can be > configured with d-u peoples' help in a flash. Will go read up on exim then - being attracted to the "flash" part of the deal. > > > I wish I could find the Young Folks Book of OSS Email Solutions with big > > colorful pictures and simple statements about the benefits and drawbacks > > of each configuration (links appreciated). Without that book I am left > > to assemble what I think is the simplest collection of tools for my > > situation in a trial-and-error fashion. At the outset, by using getmail, > > I am faced with the daunting choice of mbox versus maildirs. Great. All > > I need is a controversy. > > I think these become more of an issue when you want to: store GB of > mail, backup GB of mail or do custom searches of GB of mail. maildir is > better for those. there is also noproblem with mbox<->maildir conversion > if ever there is a need. This is the benefit of open source. choices and > freedom. I am reading GB == Gigabytes, meaning lots of it. Choices and freedom are good. I'm still learning to manage it. Thinking is hard and time-consuming. Can't I just buy a decision or have a politician tell me what's good ;-). <snip> > as I said before, after you set up the procmail script and setup either > a file or a directory, procmail will do what you said. no need to do > anything else. OK. I'll try that next. > > SO, if you do: > touch /home/$USER/mail/debian-user > you have made a mbox > if you do: > mkdir /home/$USER/mail/debian-user > you have made a maildir > voila! mbox is a file with each message being an entry into the file (there's some sort of index into the file?), maildir is a directory system with each mail being a file. (No day is a waste when you learn something.) procmail must create the /tmp, /cur, /new subdirs. <snip> > I started out with mbox and still use it. but one day I will take the > maildir plunge. with maildir there are many benefits. Upon installing getmail there was a configuration message basically saying getmail doesn't support mbox and that mbox is fraught with peril, and so began my exposure to maildir. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
