Re: Need Help Configuring LAN for Email

From: Mark Hobley (markhobley_at_hotpop.deletethisbit.com)
Date: 09/26/04

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    In alt.comp.linux Mark Hobley <markhobley@hotpop.deletethisbit.com> wrote:
    > I need help setting up my small network of machines to receive email.

    I've made some progress with this:

    >
    > My email goes to a mailbox on the internet. I want one of my machines (the
    > "server") to retrieve this email and hold it in a mailbox.

    This is now working.

    Server installed packages are exim and retchmail.

    Retchmail collects the mail from the ISP and delivers it to my mail server
    machine.

    > I want to be able to read the email held on the server from a remote client
    > machine.

    I haven't figured this bit out yet. It's very tempting at this point to use NFS
    to access the mail directories on my server, but I'll avoid this for now.

    Does anyone have any comments about this ?

    > I want to use the "mutt" mail client on the remote machine.

    I'm not sure what I've got to do here.

    > Does the remote client need any other packages? Remember I want the mail to
    > remain in a mailbox on the server on my LAN.

    I believe that I have to configure exim to provide IMAP on the server. I am
    then guessing that I have to somehow configure MUTT to connect to the IMAP
    server.

    > I would like system mail messages to be forwarded to the central server in
    > future. How can I achieve this?

    I haven't looked at this bit yet.

    I also need to work out how to send email, and configure the sender email
    address.
     
    > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with any of these issues.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Mark.
    > 

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Mark Hobley
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