[Gllug] Email servers.

[Ian Lewis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiehe, Simon [mailto:simon.wiehe at csfb.com] 
> Sent: 12 May 2005 10:40
> To: 'Greater London Linux User Group'
> Subject: [Gllug] Email servers.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am running Ubuntu and last night I finally managed to get 
> Cyrus IMAP server working. It turns out that I was using the 
> wrong authentication method by default and a single change in 
> the config file meant I can now connect to my mailbox from 
> any 1 of my 3 machines.
> 
> My next question is what is the best method for retrieving 
> email from my hosting companies POP3 server and populating 
> the Cyrus inbox. Is this something that postfix can do or 
> should I be using fetchmail? I have approximately 15 POP3 
> accounts to access.

Fetchmail should be fine for the time being, it will feed postfix.

> 
> Secondly, I could use my hosting company's server for 
> outbound email but I would sooner use my own server. I would 
> prefer to use a direct method from my server but am happy to 
> use my server as a relay to my hosting company.

Postfix will relay mail by SMTP if you tell it where to send it.

> 
> Finally, I am thinking of changing my ISP and getting a fixed 
> IP address, this would allow me to remove the need for POP3 
> and I could take SMTP inbound. Which software would be best for this ?

Which software? You already have postfix.
You might want to look into using Spamassassin and ClamAV if you haven't
already.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon
> 
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