Re: Single Mailbox Download - KMail (SOLVED)

From: David Haggett (news-spam_at_haggett.demon.co.uk)
Date: 07/07/03 

Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:20:49 +0100

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 17:26:11 +0100, Lee W wrote:

> David Haggett wrote:
>

>>
>> My ISP defaults to sending mail for all users to the first POP3 client who
>> logs in, although I managed to set Outlook Express to receive mail for
>> a single user. Is there any way I can configure kmail to recieve mail
>> for a single user for my wife to avoid her having to see all those adverts
>> for generic viagra and the like?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
>>
>
> Do you each have your own unique e-mail addresses (e.g. david@isp.com &
> wife@isp.com or david@account.isp.com & wife@account.isp.com) ?

We've got the second setup you describe (i.e. the username to the left of
the @ is different).
 
> If you do the you could configure fetchmail to collect the mail for both
> of you and then deliver the mail as appopriate to a local mbox or
> maildir directory for each user.
>
> Then for each user you setup kmail to collect mail from the local
> mbox/maildir rather than your pop3 server.
>

That looks like it also would work. However a user at my own ISP gave me
the following simpler tip:

The solution (at least for my ISP)is to put "user+accountname" in the login
field for under Network -> Receiving. This then causes the server only to
send mail for "user@accountname.isp.net" rather than for all users.

> Hope I have understood you correctly

Thanks for your input. 

-- 
David Haggett
Linux user since 01/01/2003

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