Author: Leo Date: To: Sean Gibbins, Hampshire LUG Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Local mail
Sean Gibbins wrote: >
> If reading admin emails generated by your home server is the end goal,
> then it sounds over complicated to me Leo.
>
> I think you just need to configure your server for local mail and
> connect to it from your desktop machine's email client to pull the mail in.
>
> If I recall correctly, I had a similar requirement a while back that I
> was able to satisfy with Exim and Courier. I simply defined an IMAP
> account within Thunderbird on my desktop that pointed to the appropriate
> email account on the server. Then you just need to ensure that account
> is the final destination for messages generated by your scripts and the
> system.
>
> Sean
>
That's looks a lot easier...
...and it was! After installing dovecot, consulting google and making a
few minor changes to the conf file it appears to "just work". Not
entirely sure how, but I'll worry about that when it stops working :)