Re: Email

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 09:23:37AM -0700, Mugleston, Brad wrote:
> I  was finally able to get TWO Linux boxes set up in my house, one being a
> notebook.  I want the notebook to be able to pickup and read my mail sitting
> on my Linux desktop box when plugged into my home network but leave it there
> for when I'm at my desk.
> 
> Using SAMBA and something else I forget right now my kids can get their mail
> from the Linux box on my desk which goes out and using fetchmail gets it
> from the web.
> 
> How do I set up the same thing Linux to Linux?  What HOWTO should I read?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brad

You need to turn on the POP or IMAP service on your desktop machine.
They are both in the imap RPM.  Use whatever tool you want to turn on
either (or both, if you want) POP3 or IMAP services.  Or you can
simply (as root) edit the files /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 or
/etc/xinetd.d/imap, changing

  disable = yes

to

  disable = no

Then reload xinetd:

  service xinetd reload

Then you access mail on your desktop the same way your desktop gets
mail from your ISP.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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