Mail

[Robert Meyer]

Sounds good.  Maybe we could have a collaborative workshop 'cuz different
folks are using different things (sendmail, qmail...).  I could help, too
although I'm not feeling that competent today...

Cheers!

Bob

--- Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:
> If people are interested, I can probably do an email workshop in the
> next one or two
> Meetings...let me know,
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Darin Perusich
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:54 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Mail
> 
> 
> a pop daemon like qpopper for example will be default look at the mail 
> spool, /var/spool/mail as the location to get mail. all that it requires
> 
> is that the account be valid and you can supply the passwd. the same 
> goes to local mail readers, mail, mailx, pine, whatever. they look to 
> the spool to a users email.
> 
> email can be redirected to other users by using aliases(4), at least in 
> the case of sendmail. the file /etc/mail/aliases or /etc/aliases 
> controls this. for example you want email sent to root to be redirected 
> at jjneff, you'd simple add a line to this file that reads root:jjneff, 
> run newaliases to recreate the database add your all set, sendmail takes
> 
> care of the rest.
> 
> JJ Neff wrote:
> > I installed exim and tkmail and mailx (actually when I installed mailx
> 
> > it installed exim, during the exim install it prompted me for how I 
> > wanted mail handled ,I sisnt need sendmail- I only wanted to get mail 
> > as a local user from the system (ie cron adn other alerts).  I 
> > answered a few questions about who to send root mail to and now I have
> 
> > a var/spools/mail/USER folder and am getting mail I can read with 
> > tkamil.
> > 
> > I figured out how to get it to work but still am not sure I truly 
> > Understand what I did and how I can tweak or enhance mail (ie - use 
> > local mail agents and sendmail to interfcae to my pop3 or other mail 
> > external) JJN
> > --- Darin Perusich <darinper at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>writing a system independent email tutorial is simple enough, but
> >>writing one that is MTA independent is a different story. i can put 
> >>something together about sendmail, i probably have something like this
> 
> >>from presentations i've done.
> >>
> >>a users local email file, it's not a folder, is located in
> >>/var/spool/mail/$USER or /var/mail/$USER and is stored in mbox format.
> >>
> >>JJ Neff wrote:
> >>
> >>>Anyone want to post a very simple Distro independent tutorial on how 
> >>>to set
> >>
> >>up
> >>
> >>>Linux mailing, I installed mailx and exim and tkamil and exim ran me
> >>
> >>through
> >>
> >>>setup, I chose local mail only and had all the root mail forwardrd to
> 
> >>>me,
> >>
> >>when
> >>
> >>>I run tkamil Im not sure what the mail folder is?  Basically I dont 
> >>>even
> >>
> >>know
> >>
> >>>what I don't know.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>>
> >>>PS if anyone has a tutorial that expands on the above... ie I have a 
> >>>home server and two workstations, I want both my wife and my mail to 
> >>>get
> >>
> >>retrieved
> >>
> >>>from a pop3 server (fethcmail?) and delivered to our mailboxes and I 
> >>>want
> >>
> >>us to
> >>
> >>>be able to send messages to each other locally ... what are tools I 
> >>>should
> >>
> >>be
> >>
> >>>reading about, learning...?
> >>>
> >>>thanks
> >>>
> >>>JJN
> >>>
> >>>__________________________________________________
> >>>Do you Yahoo!?
> >>>Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More 
> >>>http://faith.yahoo.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Darin Perusich
> >>Unix Systems Administrator
> >>Cognigen Corp.
> >>darinper at cognigencorp.com
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More 
> > http://faith.yahoo.com
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corp.
> darinper at cognigencorp.com
> 
> 
> 

=====
Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More
http://faith.yahoo.com