Hey all, I'm a newbie (this is the first step to recovery right...?)
Ok first here is what I have
RH6.0 installed and working fine. I think even with custom installations
Sendmail is installed. How nice of them?? I get my email through my ISP.
I have three accounts set up with them and I need to only receive two of the
three accounts. In taking everyone's advice, I (root) have created for
myself a working user (Steven). He is the person who will be receiving all
emails. I ISP is a LAN connected account (RF modem).
here is what I would like.
A way to simply get email. Ideally, I don't know if this can be done or
not. I would like a little notification when I get email (primarily CLI but
some X too). I do connect via SMTP (and POP3) to send and receive my email.
Additionally, I want to get my work email too, which is connected to a
different mail server. I don't want to use Netscape email, I would like to
use a CLI mail reader if I'm in CLI and X reader if I'm using X. I want
them to be able to recognize the differences in read mail, unread mail, etc.
Here is where I'm at
I thought I needed to get Sendmail running. OK, how do I effectively kill
that, I assume just by unloading the RPM right? Sendmail was impossible to
configure, I have limited (but am learning) programming experience. I
thought qmail was the answer, but now people are saying fetchmail. I think
qmail is what I need and would like some help. I have read the facts
(http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html,
http://qmail-docs.surfdirect.com.au/) Life with Qmail, is the better (IMHO)
but it still needs some work -> like how do you install it..?? . I even
tried to install qmail, but all of the facts seem to break down at the
.qmail / alias point, and they deteriorate when it comes to users. In all
of the facts that I read (which is several including the readme, that came
with the binary, and the man pages) when you get to the alias, user section
they start saying how easy it is, uhh pardon me, but I don't think this is
that easy..
Here is what I need
Is qmail right for me? If not what is an alternative?
Give me some of your favorite email clients and how easy are they to set up
with qmail?
A fact which is simpler to understand when you start getting into the heart
of the matter (setting it up)?
Here are my current criticisms from a newbie regarding the current fact
Is dot qmail the same as .qmail?
When setting up an alias, is it do I have to put the Maildir path in with
the address?
How do I implement users, keep in mind I only have one!
When setting up the Maildir, do I need to go to each of my users and issue
the makemaildir command.
Does fetchmail have to work with qmail for my situation?
Ok, I post more as I get them
here is my thanks.
Thanks so much for all of you help, and don't fret if you want to slam me, I
suppose that I have done a little bashing myself.
Steven M. Klass
Physical Design Engineer
Andigilog Inc.
7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100
Chandler, AZ 85226
Ph: 602-940-6200 ext. 18
Fax: 602-940-4255
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.andigilog.com/
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