5 minutes fast -- that's Windows for you. Probably because it was using
time.windows.com -- I told it to use time.nist.gov now. But that would
suggest you are 21 minutes fast rather than me being slow since
synchronizing moved me even further back.
On 09 Jun 2003 12:19:08 +1000 "Marvin R. Pierce"
<mpierce(_at_)teebookglobal(_dot_)com> wrote:
MRP> Thanks for prompt reply! In fact the time stamp indicates you wrote it
MRP> 16 minutes before me just an observation so, you may want to check
MRP> your
MRP> time.
MRP>
MRP> I reply in body of your message.
MRP> ---
MRP> On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 11:13, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
MRP> > On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:36:33 +1000 mpierce
MRP> <mrpierce(_at_)optusnet(_dot_)com(_dot_)au> wrote:
MRP> >
MRP> > m> OS: Libranet 2.8 (Debian 3 - sarge)
MRP> > m> exim-tls 3.35-3
MRP> > m> spamassassin 2.55-2
MRP> > m> procmail 3.22-7
MRP> > m> fetchmail 6.2.1-1
MRP> > m> razor-agents-sdk-2.03
MRP> > m> razor-agents-2.22
MRP> > m> dcc-dccproc-1.1.36
MRP> > m> evolution 1.2.3-2
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> I have a simple server with two NICS, eth0 202.44.168.xxx and
MRP> eth1 lan
MRP> > m> (192.168.1.1) to which my notebook (192.168.1.252) and another
MRP> machine
MRP> > m> (192.168.1.253) are connected.
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> The server has been configured to do:
MRP> > m> fetchmail --> procmail --> spamassassin (using razor & dcc
MRP> rules) into
MRP> > m> mail boxes (maildir format)
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> Exim is not shown in the loop as I only use it to send the mail
MRP> out
MRP> > m> using its smarthost feature as procmail is doing the final
MRP> delivery.
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> I have set this up due to the fact that I collect mail from 4
MRP> boxes and
MRP> > m> the amount of spam I was getting had become overwhelming. After
MRP> much
MRP> > m> trial and error, I now have everything working correctly. I now
MRP> get no
MRP> > m> spam and have been monitoring it for over a 2-months without a
MRP> single
MRP> > m> false positive.
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> Now, I want to go to the next step and have the server collect
MRP> all the
MRP> > m> mail and forward a copy of the mail received to the notebook.
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> /etc/etc/hosts has the notebook & other computer listed as
MRP> > m> #Other hosts on Lan
MRP> > m> 192.168.1.252 dellbook db1 #notebook on lan
MRP> > m> 192.168.1.253 xircom db2 #other computer
MRP> on lan
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> Q. Can procmail be setup to send a copy of all mail to me
MRP> notebook,
MRP> > m> mpierce(_at_)192(_dot_)168(_dot_)1(_dot_)252 and how do I write this
rule?
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m> Thanks,
MRP> > m> Marvin
MRP> > m>
MRP> > m>
MRP> >
MRP> > What MUA are you using on the laptop? Rather than duplicating the
MRP> mails on
MRP> > two machines I would suggest just adding Courier-IMAP to your
MRP> current mail
MRP> > server and using an IMAP capable client to read your mail from the
MRP> laptop
MRP> > wherever you may be.
MRP>
MRP> I worked everything out on the laptop prior to setting up the server
MRP> as
MRP> the server is a brand new install of everything only a few days old.
MRP>
MRP> MTA is exim so won't evolution be considered the MUA and it is IMAP
MRP> capable.
MRP>
MRP> Q. How do I forward mail and to whom?
No forwarding needed. Using IMAP the messages are stored on the server in
maildir folders. The server feeds them up on port 143 to the requesting
IMAP client. It's rather like reading newsgroups. The client grabs the
newest message headers when it first connects. It only grabs the bodies og
the messages when you select them to read. My own IMAP server is set to use
a different port because the firewall at work blocks 143 but that is up to
you.
It's nice because all of the folders/messages are stored on a single
machine. Regardless of where you connect from you are ALWAYS working with
the SAME set of folders and mesages. You don't end up getting "out of
synch" because you used a POP3 client to grab some of the messages off of
the server with your laptop then discover you need to reply to one of those
messages from another machine somewhere else. With EXIM set up to do all
outbound mail deliveries via smarthost you just set your own server as the
SMTP server for your client machine.
I prefer Courier IMAP because it DOES use standard maildir folders which
makes integration with procmail a snap (I too download from 8 or 10
addresses from 3 or 4 different domains). The other IMAP servers out there
tend to use their own mail storage format and you have to jump through
hoops to get procmail working with them.
I suggest you grab courier-imap and glance through the documentation.
MRP>
MRP> >
MRP> > I use this setup and use Sylpheed when on the home machine and the
MRP> Win32
MRP> > version of Mahogany when at work. I will probably set up Mahogany
MRP> on my
MRP> > laptop for travelling but I also have Squirrelmail set up on the
MRP> server
MRP> > should I have access to nothing but a browser.
MRP> >
MRP> > When I get another home machine set up running testing (server is
MRP> running
MRP> > stable) I will most likely install Mahogany there and use it as my
MRP> primary
MRP> > reader machine to have a similar interface across platforms. I
MRP> couldn't get
MRP> > the Win32 version of Sylpheed to install clean on the work machine.
MRP> >
MRP> > Courier-IMAP uses maildir format so you should be able to
MRP> incorporate it
MRP> > easily.
MRP> >
MRP> > G
MRP>
MRP>
MRP>
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