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Re: procmail -> Cygnus IMAP server ?

1999-08-07 09:30:50
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999 13:11:08 +0200, Constant Dupuis wrote:

Hi, 

I'm pretty new to Linux, and I know nothing about mail ... 
But I would like to concentrate all my mail in an internet gateway linux 
machine wich use IP masquarading.
This machine is connected to my ISP with a modem (PPP), I have a POP3 account 
there. 
I want to pick my messages from the POP3 server and inject them in the Cygnus 
IMAP4 server. 
Can someone help me, Is it possible ? I'm completly lost in all the stuff ...

Thank's

Constant Dupuis



I'm doing everything you mention except for the IMAP part......   I use
FETCHMAIL to draw mail off the ISP into the Linux server  and then use
PROCMAIL to distribute it.  I use the procmail recipes to distribute my
mail to several 'pseudo-users' to divide it into groups.

I am the only user on this system but this would work for multiple
users as well.  I divide my mail into  'lists', 'work', and 'personal'
and use a mail-reader on OS/2 to draw the mail off the Linux server.

To do this I started with the man pages for  fetchmail and procmail. 
Fetchmail is pretty easy to set up, procmail a little tougher but not
much.

Sorry I can't help you with the IMAP stuff...   and it would help to
know what distribution of Linux you are using and whether procmail is
installed by default.



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