Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:09:51 +0000 From: Andreas Ntaflos <root@granat.chello.at> To: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help needed using a mail user agent (eg mutt) with pop3 services (eg gmx)? Message-ID: <20010105220951.A90940@granat.chello.at> In-Reply-To: <20010105215423.A1153@junior.kasby>; from fcasadei@inwind.it on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:54:23PM %2B0100 References: <3A55DDA4.3CB13AA8@gmx.net> <20010105215423.A1153@junior.kasby>
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wow, thanks very much. that's really comprehensive. fetchmail did the trick for getting the mail from the server, very good. but somehow i have to find out how to configure sendmail. you use serialmail for sending mail, did i get this right? is it better or simpler than sendmail? one problem with sending mail is, that i am a simple user with an ISP account, and my hostname is not a really qualified domainname, which sendmail seems to have problems with... but it's abit easier, since i am on cable modem, so no dial up or pppd problems. dont know, have to figure this out. thanks a lot, regards Andreas Ntaflos On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:54:23PM +0100, Francesco Casadei wrote: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 02:43:48PM +0000, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > > ok, this is a newbie-like, flame-worth question, but I didn't quite > > figure out how to configure a simple text based MAU to work with pop3 > > mail, you know, the kind of mail account you have at your ISP or GMX > > (www.gmx.net) and the like. > > > > what do I need to do? do I have to configure and use popper or > > popclient, or do I have to set up sendmail in order to accomplish such a > > task? and if so, how do I do this? > > > > I don't want to use netscape messenger all the time, because I don't > > like the way it works, and it's kinda buggy too (sometimes the whole > > netscape-communicator exits suddelny on signal 10 according to the log > > when I type in the password to check for new mail). > > > > I looked in The Complete FreeBSD, but it did not enlighten me. > > > > any bit of information is welcome, or a pointer to information > > > > thanks and regards > > Andreas Ntaflos > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > end of the original message > > I have a dialup connection to the Internet and to manage the mail accounts I > have with several ISPs I use qmail+serialmail+fetchmail+mutt. > You can install Qmail from the Ports: > > cd /usr/ports/mail/qmail > make install clean > > For information on how to install and set up Qmail read "Life with Qmail"; > you can find it at qmail.org in the section "user-contributed documentation" > (or similar... I don't remember). > > Once Qmail is up and running you can install fetchmail from the Ports: > > cd /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail > make install clean > > To fetch mail from different mail accounts you will need a ~/.fetchmailrc like > this: > > # Libero > poll pop.libero.it proto pop3 > user name1 with pass pwd1 is casimiro-libero-f_casadei here > options forcecr smtpaddress junior.kasby > > # Monrif > skip mail.monrif.net proto pop3 > user name2 with pass pwd2 is casimiro-monrif-fcasadei here > options forcecr smtpaddress junior.kasby > > # Tiscali > poll pop.tiscalinet.it proto pop3 > user name3 with pass pwd3 is casimiro-tiscali-f.casadei here > options forcecr smtpaddress junior.kasby > > # Wind > poll popmail.inwind.it proto pop3 > user name4 with pass pwd4 is casimiro-wind-fcasadei here > options forcecr smtpaddress junior.kasby > > Here are specified 4 POP3 servers to fetch mail from. The option forcecr is > required by qmail. When i run fetchmail as user casimiro, fetchmail connects > to libero.it POP3 server, authenticates using name name1 and password pwd1, > then fetches all new messages from the mail server and send it to local SMTP > server junior.kasby (a bogus domain name) for user casimiro-libero-f_casadei. > Qmail recognizes that casimiro is a local user and searches for a file named > .qmail-libero-f_casadei in casimiro's home directory. This file contains: > > ./Mail/libero/ > > so the message is delivered in the mailbox ~/Mail/libero/ (in maildir > format). > > To read mail I use mutt, which is in the Ports: > > cd /usr/ports/mail/mutt > make install clean > > In ~/.muttrc I have something like this: > > set folder = ~/Mail > set mbox_type = Maildir > mailboxes =clubnet =freebsd-announce =freebsd-questions > =freebsd-questions.old =freebsd-stable =freebsd-stable.old =libero =local > =monrif =outbox =tiscali =wind > > ### hooks for -announce, -question and -stable mailing lists > folder-hook freebsd-* 'my_hdr From: "Francesco Casadei" <fcasadei@inwind.it>' > folder-hook freebsd-* 'set sendmail="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject > -ffcasadei@inwind.it"' > ### hooks for libero maildir > folder-hook libero 'my_hdr From: "Francesco Casadei" <f_casadei@libero.it>' > folder-hook libero 'set sendmail="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject > -ff_casadei@libero.it"' > ... > > The mailboxes are ~/Mail/freebsd-questions ~/Mail/freebsd-announce etc... > The folder-hooks set up the sender address for each mailbox. > > To send mail I use serialmail, available from the Ports: > > cd /usr/ports/mail/serialmail > make install clean > > I've set up qmail to deliver outgoing mail to a local maildir > (/var/qmail/alias/pppdir). This can be achieved by putting: > > :alias-ppp > > in /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains > > and putting a file named .qmail-ppp-default in /var/qmail/alias. This file > contains: > > ./pppdir/ > > To send mail out I created a script named mail-out: > > #!/bin/sh > > HOST_NAME="`cat /var/run/hostname`" > > if [ $HOST_NAME ]; > then > maildirsmtp /var/qmail/alias/pppdir alias-ppp- \ > `cat /var/run/smtpserver` $HOST_NAME > else > echo "WARNING: hostname is null. Using local IP address for HELO." > maildirsmtp /var/qmail/alias/pppdir alias-ppp- \ > `cat /var/run/smtpserver` `cat /var/run/local_ip` > fi > > Personally, I'm happy with this configuration, but you may feel more > confortable with other programs, e.g. you could use Postfix as your MTA, pine > or Emacs as your MUA etc. What to use is up to you: it depends on your taste. > > I hope this gave you an idea of what to do or where to start to set up mail. > > Francesco Casadei > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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