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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:34:16
Message-Id: 20200720123350.0fefddd9@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Local mail server by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:18:32 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2
3 > I used to have a working system on a box that's now deceased [1], but
4 > in replicating it I'm having difficulty threading my way through the
5 > mutually inconsistent Gentoo mail server docs, omitting the bits I
6 > don't need and interpreting the rest. Bits I don't need? Database
7 > backend, web-mail access, web admin tools, fancy multi-user
8 > authorisation, any other baroque complexity.
9
10 I use Postfix for SMTP, Dovecot for IMAP and getmail to fetch mail from a
11 POP3 account (other mail is delivered directory to Postfix).
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13 I also use procmail for filtering - although if you already have this set
14 up in KMail, that should suffice - and dspam for spam filtering.
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17 --
18 Neil Bothwick
19
20 Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away

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Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>