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Author: MikeF
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To: Daniel Free
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Checking a POP box with multiple users (more info)
Hmm, I haven't even used fetchmail at all yet, so I have no clue, but
I've heard that fetchmail can do what you want. Hope that helps a
little.

Mike

Daniel Free wrote:
>
> There is an account on the machine i am install for every user, however
> there is only one box on the pop server (not mine in any way) that stores
> the mail for all the name/addresses untill i pop them onto my server.
>
> i want it to go like this
> all addresses --> single mailbox --> myserver --> seperate mailboxes for
> each user
>
> at the moment it goes
> all addresses --> single mailbox --> myserver --> my mailbox
>
> it is currently retrieving the mail using fetchmail
>
> .fetchmailrc is basic at the mo
>
> poll servername
>          user xxxxx with password passhere

>
> At 17:29 24/07/00 +1200, Daniel Free wrote:
> >Subject line isnt too clear im sorry, heres the situation.
> >
> >         one of my clients has a domain and all mail for all the
> > users@??? is being dropped into a single mail box. I am migrating
> > from a NT machine running mercury 32 over to exim + fetchmail on debian
> > 2.2, now when it pops the box it drops all the mail into root/my mailbox
> > instead of the users its meant to be delivered to.

> >
> >are there any trick that i need to know in order to have this work ??
> >
> >TIA
>
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