[Gloucs] Fetchmail and the list

[Roland Hinkley]

In message <3E14D47C.3020207@blueyonder.co.uk>, Iain Calder 
<iain.calder@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>Roland Hinkley wrote:
>
>>
>> Many thanks for the reply.
>>
>> I have tried again and with the fetchmailrc below multidrop seems to 
>>be working in general. Unfortunately mail from the list just goes to 
>>the user fetchmail with the warning
>> X-Fetchmail-Warning: recipient address gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk 
>>didn't match any local name
>> added.
>>
>> Running in daemon mode /etc/fetchmailrc is:-
>>
>> set no bouncemail
>> defaults:
>>   antispam -1
>>   batchlimit 100
>>
>> poll pop.freeserve.co.uk proto pop3 aka pop.pol.net.uk:
>>   localdomains painswik.freeserve.co.uk Envelope 'Envelope-to'
>>   user painswik.freeserve.co.uk with password ******* is * here keep;
>>
>> User names at the local domain get delivered fine, but cannot figure 
>>out how to get the list items deliverd to a user. Any ideas would help.
>
>I'm not too hot on fetchmail setup, so there may be a better way - but 
>you might need to tell your local mail server (Exim) about the user 
>'gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk'.
>
>With Postfix this would be done by adding an entry to 
>/etc/postfix/virtual, something like:
>gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk    local-user
>
>For sendmail you would make a similar entry in /etc/mail/virtusertable. 
>I'm not sure what the corresponding setup is for Exim though.
>
>Iain
>
>>

I did think of that one, but as the To: address in the headers is the 
same as the address for posting would you be able to post to the list, 
or would it stay on the local system? I guess the same applies to anyone 
who receives the list by SMTP.

Roland

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Roland Hinkley