Fetchmail + Sendmail + Dovecot

[Arun Shrimali]

Dear Mikkel,

Thanks for your mail, that has encouraged me to continue experimenting
further.
Are you suggesting me to replace, Sendmail with another MTA which has a good
combination with fetchmail ??

regards

Arun

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:

> Arun Shrimali wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am trying hard to setup mail solution as follows :
> > We already have remote server with domain name and mail setup, where we
> > have our website (managed by external agency). Where as, for few local
> > users I would like to download the mails to these users ( at the same
> > time few other users will be able to access their mails directly from
> > the remote server, as they are roaming) .
> >
> > Our local users are behind proxy (squid + NCSA authentication) and
> > firewall, thus could not directly access to any external IP.
> >
> > Local users can also check their mails through squid and web mail
> > client. But to avoid excessive load on our thin net connectivity, I
> > would like to setup intermediatery server, which download mails from our
> > remote mail server for selective users.
> >
> You can set up fetchmail to only grab specific users' accounts, and
> deliver them to Sendmail running on the local server. If you want
> local users to be able to send mail through this server, you will
> have to change it to accept connections from the local network.
>
> > In the above scenario I am working on setting up Fetchmail + Sendmail +
> > Dovecot + squirrel mail (hope I have choosen the right combination)
> > After googling too much I could not any HOWTO of such kind.
> >
> The default Dovecot configuration should work just fine.
>
> > How should I configure Sendmail when I am fetching mails from another
> > mail server ??
> It depends - do you want it to accept mail from users on the local
> network? You will have to configure it to use the proxy, as well as
> using you web host's server as its relay host.
>
> > How should /etc/resolv.conf looks like in this case ??
>
> If you can access the Internet using host hames now, you will not
> have to make any changes.
> > How should I configure SMTP ??
> >
> Local users should probably ge configured to point to the local mail
> server. The external server can stay the way it is.
> >
> Part of the reason you did not find a specific HOWTO is because you
> configure Dovecot and Squirrel mail by themselves. Your Fetchmail
> configuration and your Sendmail configuration overlap slightly. The
> hardest job will be configuring Sendmail to use the proxy, and any
> security it needs when connecting to your external mail server.
>
> Mikkel
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