On 12/04/2008, Phil Pennock <exim-users@???> wrote:
>
> On 2008-04-11 at 16:01 +0200, Hannibal Ndlovu wrote:
> > I have a server that connects to my ISP via a dialup connection and i
> > would like to know the est way to download mail from my ISP servers to
> > my company server for delivery to my clients - i have been told that
> > Exim has ways of doing this - as i have given up trying to configure
> > fetchmail on my Debian System any assist in either of these packages
> > would be greatly appreciated (even though this is not a fetchmail
> > mailing list)
>
>
> This entirely depends upon what services your ISP provides.
>
> If the ISP provides SMTP mail delivery after some event, then Exim may
> be able to help you here. Without knowing more about who the ISP is or
> a list of the relevant features offered, we don't know if this is even
> likely.
>
> If the ISP only provides POP3 mail retrieval, then you will need to use
> a POP3 retrieval tool to fetch the mail and re-inject it locally. I
> advise against fetchmail as it is not robust and misconfiguration can
> lead to loss of email. When I've had to use POP3 retrieval, I've had
> more luck with Getmail: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
>
> When using POP3 retrieval, no matter what client you use, you have to be
> _really_ careful to not create mail-loops; if you pass the mail on to
> the original recipient but your local mail-system isn't configured to
> handle that recipient locally, then you can end up sending the mail back
> out to the ISP, where you'll then pick it up again, ... this is bad.
> Microsoft discovered this, but at least with their closed systems they
> could fix it once and it became less of an issue (but getting people to
> actually download the fixes _before_ they're burned is another matter).
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=835734
>
> Does your ISP provide one email address, or a domain? Do you have
> mail-forwardings? Do you want to deliver to one local email address or
> try to preserve the left-hand-side from the original mail? Which ISP,
> and where's their page describing the technical details of the offered
> product? (English preferred!)
>
>
> -Phil
>
Thanks for both those replies @ Phil my ISP provides POP3 addresses that
have my domain for example
my ISP = myISP.com
my address = me@???
so the POP3 mail server for my ISP is = mail.myISP.com
@ Phil could you post a copy of getmail config file?
