Hi there, I'm odds-on to take the plunge and install Debian (VA CD hi Gareth!) this weekend. Now I am paranoid about my mail. I was so paranoid about sendmail that rather than follow the instructions a fellow Demonite put up on the web, I instead downloaded a copy from another site for Demon. I have seen Debian installing before, asking about fetchmail, sendmail, god knows what else. That actually scared the sh*t out of me, since I've already had one install when sendmail bounced all my mail - I don't want that happening again. So, I can grab a copy of the .cf file as a backup, but what I need to know is what to say to the Debian installation to make sure mail works exactly how it does currently under RedHat 6.0. FWIW, I have a number of 'users' here accepting mail, such as 'webmaster', 'gnome', etc., all getting stored in /var/spool/mail/{user} Thanks, James Green [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 12:43:19PM +0000, Green J M K wrote:
I have seen Debian installing before, asking about fetchmail, sendmail, god knows what else. That actually scared the sh*t out of me, since I've already had one install when sendmail bounced all my mail - I don't want that happening again.
Fetchmail in debian needs configuring manually at present, but that's no great chore (and fetchmailconf is there). Sendmail and exim both have fairly good config scripts, and will both deliver to /var/spool/mail/* by default (even though personally, I think that's a bit screwy). When you're configuring fetchmail, make *sure* that you have it set not to bounce mail back to the sender if there's a problem, and test everything properly, and you'll be okay. Think before you act, that's the important thing.
FWIW, I have a number of 'users' here accepting mail, such as 'webmaster', 'gnome', etc., all getting stored in /var/spool/mail/{user}
Err... that's a slightly 'unusual' way of doing it... if you really want to have gnome@, webmaster@ etc, why not use aliases and then optionally procmail. Personally, I get around 150-200 e-mails a day, and I don't use separate e-mail addresses for different things - a well configured mail client helps enormously here. Take a long look at 'mutt' - its motto is 'yes, it can do it. Read the manual, backwards this time', and that kinda sums it up, really. HTH, Paul [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 12:43:19PM +0000, Green J M K wrote:
So, I can grab a copy of the .cf file as a backup, but what I need to know is what to say to the Debian installation to make sure mail works exactly how it does currently under RedHat 6.0.
Last I checked, the default Debian mail transport software was exim and the configuration question script will probably need you to answer as "needing a smarthost" (also labelled as "normal for dialup users" or similar) and you to give Demon's mail server address.
FWIW, I have a number of 'users' here accepting mail, such as 'webmaster', 'gnome', etc., all getting stored in /var/spool/mail/{user}
I believe that to be the default, but I prefer to store user mail in $HOME/.inbox so that it gets backed up easier and comes out of their (generous) quota. MJR [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]
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