[SOLVED] How to deliver mails recieved by fetchmail

struggled_newbie · 09-30-2010, 04:19 AM

Hello,

Sorry,

I have one centOS 5.5 box recieving mails done by fetchmail service and it has a 5 client pc's,
is there any way that the CentOS box able to deliver the mails to the 5 local network users that is using thunderbird as MUA.

the mails is stuck in /var/spool/mail as I verified in the webmin sendmail settings

repo · 09-30-2010, 05:17 AM

You could install a popserver
like dovecot
http://www.dovecot.org/
popa3d
http://www.openwall.com/popa3d/
or other

Kind regards

struggled_newbie · 10-04-2010, 02:17 AM

thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

You could install a popserver
like dovecot
http://www.dovecot.org/
popa3d
http://www.openwall.com/popa3d/
or other

Kind regards

struggled_newbie · 10-04-2010, 02:33 AM

HELLO,

is davecot services similar to postfix?

Quote:

Originally Posted by struggled_newbie

thanks

repo · 10-04-2010, 02:42 AM

Hi,

Postfix is a MTA, dovecot a popserver.
With postfix you can send and recieve mails,
mails will be delivered locally, with dovecot, you can use pop3 or imap to retrieve mail remotely from the server.
Take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

Kind regards

struggled_newbie · 10-04-2010, 04:26 AM

Thanks again

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Hi,

Postfix is a MTA, dovecot a popserver.
With postfix you can send and recieve mails,
mails will be delivered locally, with dovecot, you can use pop3 or imap to retrieve mail remotely from the server.
Take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

Kind regards