I am absolutely lost with fetchmail .....

mshack · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Poland

Hi everyone,

I was trying to make fetchmail work for me, but I'm completely lost. I don't know where to start. I emerged fetchmail and it keeps telling me, that no mailservers have been specified !!!

Ok, I found out, that I need a SMTP server (MTA) on my machine, so I emerged maildrop, ... BUT WHAT NOW ????

Can plz anyone help me ??? Thanks in advance !!!

Jimboberella · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject:

I use webmin to configure fetchmail.

You have to setup a .fetchmailrc file that contains the server user and password you want it to fetch from. Protocol can also be specified. Man fetchmail for the format

Phreakazoid_ · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

Try running fetchmailconf.

zaftro · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:03 am Post subject:

Hi,

Just to confuse things a little more, it is also possible to use procmail (emerge procmail) as an MTA. Ofcourse then you need to learn howto use procmail, or perhaps you already do?

Cheers,

zaftro
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mshack · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Poland

Ok, you made it !!! I am confused !!!

For now, I made the following:

fetchmail gets the mails,
maildrop (whatever it should do? Sending E-Mails, right?),
procmail (I don't know why I emerged this one, maybe you can tell me!?),
vm-pop3d so that users can login with pop3 procotol, right?

And now? Fetchmail works, I think. I configured it and added the pop3 accounts to fetch the data from and with "fetchmail -d0" I tried it and it worked. Well he pulled the mails...

And now, my problem:
How can I make user login with pop3 protocol into the server and get their mails ? I thought vm-pop3d was the one to this for me, but ... I can NOT authenticate !!!

I connect with telnet on port 110, send "USER myuser" and the I become "+OK" so I send "PASS mysecretpass" and he says "-ERR" !!! I know this is the right password I set it only ONE minute ago !!!!

Can anyone help me ? How can I make the programms communicate with each other ? Do I need any other programms to make that run ?

Thanks in advance, you are really great !

zaftro · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:51 am Post subject:

Ah I see,

Yeah 'procmail' is used to filter incoming messages into a mailbox, or to automatically forward/reply to incoming mail. But this probably ISN'T useful for you, its handy for mail which is to be read local on the computer. Sorry bout that, I didn't realise you're setting POP3 and the rest. And unfortunately I ain't used POP3 servers.

Goodluck,

zaftro
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mshack · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Poland

So, can anyone help me with the authentication problem?

I read, that "authdaemeond" is needed for this, correct? So I emerged it, started it => no effect. Still not working !

Lactic · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject:

mshack,

I would take a look at this first user doc, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml for a suggested mail setup. I know there is at least one other walkthrough in the Tips & Tricks section of the forum. A browse through the first few pages of posts will find one for you, or a search.

Once you've gone through that, check this out: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-to-mutt.xml for info on fetchmail, procmail, etc. for client apps.

Both docs are very helpful.
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