Mailing configuration

[Roland Piette]

Hi all,

I have an account on an ISP working with POP3 protocol where I can reach my mailbox. I can also define some aliases on my e-mail address by this provider.

I would like to install a Linux front end system to fetch my mails and dispach them in different mailboxes in function on e-mail addresses & aliases. Different clients will then reach the front end and dialogue with it to get/send mail.

How can install, configure a tool (like Exhange server) to reach my aim.

If anybody can help me or guide me, I will appreciate !

Roland

[Rick Garland]

Several options exist. I list a couple.

Bynari Insight Server
www.bynari.net

If you run SuSE, the is OpenExchange from Novell

Search on google using 'Exchange server + Linux'

[Ivan Ferreira]

You can use fetchmail to get via POP the mail at the ISP an reiject it to local mailboxes. Search in google:

fetchmail multidrop

You will get a lot of information to configure with the differents MTAs.

[Roland Piette]

Hi Rick, Hi Ivan,

Thanks a lot for your answers.

A lot of information found, now I need time to find my way.

Another question :

Is is possible that a configuration plays as client on POP3/ISP and at the same time a mail server for local clients (workstations) ?

My project is to install a home mail relay with different accounts.

Roland

[Ivan Ferreira]

As the MTA configuration does not require anything special (sendmail), it should work for local mail without problems, and the messages should not travel to Internet.

[Bejoy C Alias]

U can have sendmail running in the same machine as local mail server and fetchmail as the client for ur isp . This was the setup we were using before we installed our own mail server.

[Patrick Terlisten]

Hello,

you can use fetchmail to fetch e-mail from your isp with pop3. If your local clients want to access this server to read / send e-mail, you also need an pop3 oder imap server on your linux server. I would setup a cyrus imapd with squirrelmail as webinterface (you need also apache to deliver the webpages for squirrelmail). In fact you need

- a local mta (Postfix, Sendmail, Qmail) that can send e-mails to your isp
- a pop3 or imap server. Otherwiese the mta will deliver the e-mails from your isp to local mailboxes on the linux system.
- an apache webserver an squirrelmail for a webinterface (only for imap-server, courier, cyrus....)

Regards
Patrick