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Oh, how to set up qmail... ?
Gordan writes:
> I don't want to use the mbox/Maildir mail boxes. In fact I don't want
> the mail delivered automatically. I want qmail to wait for a SMTP/POP3
> call from a mail program (such as Netscape mail) and then to deliver the
> mail, although the user may have an account (login) on that very
> computer (i.e. locally). How do I tell it to queue up mail and deliver
> it only when asked for, using a SMTP/POP3 mail reader such as Netscape
> mail (as mentioned)?
Netscape sends mail using SMTP and fetches it using POP3. You need to
deliver the mail on your Unix box into an Mbox and use qualcomm's
qpopper or else into a Maildir and use qmail-pop3d.
> 3. How do I tell it to send all the outgoing mail in the queue? I am not
> connected to the internet all the time, but only for a short time every
> day. I don't want it to try and deliver it at it's own intervals, but to
> wait until I explicitly tell it to send the queued mail off, through my
> ISP's mail server (I believe the official term is upstream mail
> exchange).
You want to set up your outgoing mail so it gets delivered into a
maildir, then when you connect to your ISP, run maildir2smtp.
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