pop3 with postfix

[brendan911]

hey,
i have postfix working, smtp works, and when it receives mail for local users, the local users can read their mail using the 'mail' command. however, i want users to be able to read their mail using pop3, how can i set this up?

thanks guys,
brendan911

[fancypiper]

That sounds like a job for <Brass band intro> fetchmail!

Common e-mail tools:
sendmail - sends mail to local users (and internet when configured correctly)
fetchmail - gets mail from internet pop accounts
procmail - sorts and delivers into separate mailboxes
mutt - mail client that sucks less than all the others
Email the Linux Way (http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#mtuw)
Suresh Ramasubramanian's email guide (http://www.hserus.net/dlhowto.html)

[brendan911]

sorry, i think you misunderstood.

i want users to be able to access their mail on my server via pop3. for instance, when someone sends email to user@mybox.com, user can use "mybox.com" as their pop3 server.

thanks,
brendan911

[fancypiper]

I still don't understand what you are trying to do. It seems to me either fetchmail and/or procmail would get mail to the users mail spool or to individual mailboxes.

Using localhost ovet the internet will only generate bounces from any relay.

Sorry, I can't help. :(

[elmore]

You need to load a pop server, Default configuration of postfix delivers to your mail spool. Mail spools are what pop understands, go get yourself qpopper or apop or [Name your pop server here] and then load whatever pop client, and point it to your box and your off. You'll also need to modify the my_networks line in postfix to relay mail for your users. Be careful with pop it is notoriously insecure.

If you need help I have a postfix how-to on my website.


http://www.screamingelectron.org

[brendan911]

ok, thanks. got vm-pop3d installed and working, but although it claims to be postfix compatible, i can't figure out how to get postfix to deliver the mail to the correct directory (/var/mail/virtual/website.com/username). i tried editing my postfix virtual and alias files as described in a tutorial, but it didn't seem to work.

thanks so much,
brendan911