[Gllug] Email servers.

[Ian Lewis]

> 
> The next question is over fetchmail. I have just read the man page (or
> started)
> and it states that fetchmail will use SMTP internally, 

Fetchmail will interface with the MTA on port 25 and create an SMTP envelope
for the MTA to route the mail.

> therefore I can 
> connect to my hosted POP3 account and allow fetchmail to push it onto 
> SMTP which is configured to deliver to my IMAP server. What happens if
> I subscribe to gllug from one of my home accounts, my name 
> will not be in
> the header so will postfix know where to deliver it? 
> 
Postfix can redirect and rewrite email headers. Read the manuals. 

> Someone has suggested I use procmail and I can then use 
> spamassasin and 
> a virus scanner.

I have configured Postfix to work with Spamassassin and clamAV (for virus
scanning) using Amavisd-new to glue it all together. You can also use
Procmail, Bash or Perl Scripting for your content filtering controls.

The content filtering options in Postfix are very powerful so read the manual
carefully. The documentation is very comprehensive. 

The Postfix master.cf file allows creation of additional daemons/pipes. This
is how amavisd-new interfaces with postfix.

BTW. If you do get into content filtering don't be tempted to use anything
that directly accesses the queued mail. It is a sure way to lose stuff. 

> Is this correct ? It would mean fetchmail would pass
> to procmail, would procmail write direct to the IMAP directories or
> would it use postfiix as well ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon
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