Re: [Exim] Suddenly problems with fetchmail

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Szerző: Philip Hazel
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Címzett: davidturetsky
CC: exim-users
Új témák: Re: [Exim] OT: Debian (was: Suddenly problems with fetchmail)
Tárgy: Re: [Exim] Suddenly problems with fetchmail
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, davidturetsky wrote:

> I'm just a lowly user trying to download forwarded mail from an ISP where my
> website resides. I am not a host, or if I am, it is surely out of default
> and sheer ignorance


If you have a computer that is connected to the Internet, it is a "host".
That's what the word means.

Most people that download mail that is stored on an ISP's server use POP
or IMAP user agents; it's only those that want more sophisticated
features that run fetchmail and a local MTA. Needless to say, Exim
wasn't designed for this job (though it can do it).

> I am using the latest debian version of exim, not source
>
> For the moment, if exim prefers to do it all, that's good by me too . . . if
> only I knew the changes to make (assuming I have to make such changes) in
> exim.conf and the options to specify on the command line


This would, I think, have been easier if you *hadn't* taken a packaged
version, because you might have learned more of what you need to know by
starting from scratch.

> I look forward to downloading the latest version of exim, source and all,
> but think it would be prudent of me to be up and running first, with a tad
> of experience under my belt


Unfortunately, as the Debian version still seems to be 2.x you will have
to jump another hurdle, as there were incompatible configuration changes
between the 2.x releases and the 3.x releases. The 3.x releases have
been out for well over a year:

-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1069143 May 14  1999 exim-3.00.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1070123 May 19  1999 exim-3.01.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1071172 Jun  2  1999 exim-3.02.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1144759 Aug  2  1999 exim-3.03.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1211829 Nov 22  1999 exim-3.10.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1216965 Nov 30  1999 exim-3.11.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1217147 Dec  8  1999 exim-3.12.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1221418 Jan 13  2000 exim-3.13.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1186711 Apr 12 10:45 exim-3.14.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1191637 Jun 14 08:57 exim-3.15.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ph10     ph10     1192811 Jul 20 12:08 exim-3.16.tar.gz


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