[Gllug] More fetchmail/sendmail questions

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 19:50, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 19:21, Chris Bell wrote:
> > On Mon 03 Mar, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > But then... if you're using demon, you don't need to bother with fetchmail.
> > > Sendmail's quite capable of receiving mail send direct from demon's
> > > mailserver via SMTP (which is actually demon's default. pop3 is an add on)
> > > 
> >    Incoming SMTP is not blocked with Demon ADSL, but it is not available
> > from Demon's mailserver under the wires-only ADSL service. Their argument is
> > that Demon may be able to see an ADSL modem, but that does not guarantee
> > that there is a computer swiched on and running on the customer's side of
> > the ADSL modem. The more expensive Demon business packages assume that there
> > is likely to be a server running, so that the Demon mailserver will be able
> > to send the mail immediately.
> > 
> 
> In any case, I have a Demon account but they are not my dsl provider.

Likewise - I still grab my mail from Demon, but they're not my DSL
provider, so I suck the mail out with POP3, and then feed a local IMAP
server.

Mike.


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