[gentoo-user] Multi-user pop3 mail delivery

[Ralph Slooten]

Hi Guys.

I am trying to replace a server setup at one of our client's offices.
They have a domain name, and an email account - both hosted by a 3rd
party. This third party gives them a single pop3 account where all
email is stored (for all <users>@domain.com), downloadable by a single
user login.

Now the old setup (which I had nothing to do with) uses fetchmail to
poll the server every 10 minutes, and then forwards the mail to the
smtp on the localhost.

I have tried to replicate this, but am hitting several disadvantages,
one being that all spam messages sent to non-existing users are
forwarded to the local postmaster account. I keep thinking that there
must be a much more logical way to do this. When I try it without
setting the postmaster messages are not bounced.

How is this setup normally done? The local server has postfix running,
but is *not* accessable from outside directly (firewalled). Mail will
have to be polled I guess.

I am using the following fetchmail conf:

set postmaster "postmaster" set bouncemail set properties "" set
syslog set invisible set daemon 600 poll pop3.server.com
    protocol POP3
    checkalias
    timeout 30
        envelope "Received:"
    localdomains mydomain.com
    user accountuser pass accountpass to * here
    smtphost localhost
    smtpaddress mydomain.com
    fetchall;

Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Ralph
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