Postfix/fetchmail Re: [plug] meeting?

[russ]

I had a lot of problems with this same setup but it does work.

In my .fetchmailrc I had to play around with which envelope to use to
direct the mail.

It would be helpful if you could have a look at the email headers and
try to figure out which envelope is being used to direct the mail. Is
the isp account in the name of the person receiving all the mail? What
does your .fetchmailrc look like? (please X out the username and
password if you send it to the list)

HTH.

russ



Matt Kemner wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> > However, all the emil downloaded from the ISP, goes to me, and, given
> > that the instructions had been followed, the idea was, to go to a PLUG
> > workshop meeting ,and say (to someone who understood postfix and
> > fetchmail), "Anne has followed the instructions, and, it doesn't work;
> > how do we fix it?"
> >
> > I understood that was mainly what the PLUG workshop meetings were for.
> 
> Yes, but if you ask for Postfix experts, but you have a fetchmail problem
> instead, don't expect to get the problem fixed.
> 
>   You also have pot-luck of people turning up to the meeting, so you are
> still better to post the problem (with all the details, including your
> config files) to the list, because rather than one or two people looking
> at it, you will have up to 220 people looking at it, so there is a greater
> chance someone may be able to help.  If you post to the list, we can also
> get you to try different things and then test it, which is impossible up
> at UCC because you are not on the 'net.
> 
> Also, please give us a sample of the mail you are trying to filter, as
> last time I was unable to find out what you were actually trying to
> achieve because you didn't have any samples to work on.
> 
> And, as I believe I also suggested to you last time, you may wish to give
> procmail a try instead.
> 
> Eg have fetchmail deliver everything to one mailbox (such as
> incoming at localhost) and then set up a /home/incoming/.procmailrc
> that says something like: (and this is from memory so may need tweaking)
> 
> :0
> * ^Delivered-To:.*bret at clearsol.iinet.net.au
> ! bret at localhost
> 
> :0
> * ^Delivered-To:.*anne at clearsol.iinet.net.au
> ! anne at localhost
> 
> :0
> ! anne at localhost bret at localhost
> 
> You will also need to create a /home/incoming/.forward which runs
> procmail.
> 
> eg. add the line
> |/usr/bin/procmail
> to /home/incoming/.forward
> 
> The procmail(1), procmailrc(5) and procmailex(5) manpages are excellent
> sources of help.
> 
>  - Matt