<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux off-line mailing method (offline mailaddr with 1 account)</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Linux off-line mailing method (offline mailaddr with 1 account)</H1> <H2>Gunther Voet, <A HREF="mailto:freaker@tuc.ml.org">freaker@tuc.ml.org</A> - Belgium (CompuMed/TuCSRV)</H2>v1.3.3, 4 June 1998 <P><HR> <EM>Use your linux mailing system offline, receive mail for multiple users with only one email address, and without being 24-24 online on the net. If you are unable to pay a direct line to stay online for 24-24 and still want your users to receive mail on your linux box; as well not pay for a multi-drop box at your isp, you can use this system using only one email address to divide to your users email addresses. It is as well 24-24 reachable since the server where your account resists will receive the mail. <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#copyright">This howto is Copyright (c)1997-98 by Gunther Voet.</A></EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html">Notes by the author (preface).</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Legal stuff</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Copyrights</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 Feedback</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Distribution</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Changes</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.6">1.6 What am i using ?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html#ss1.7">1.7 Thanks go out to ...</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-2.html">Preliminaries</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Preface & Description</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Points of interest ...</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Things you should know</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 there are 2 different ways ...</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html">Requirements</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 A linux machine</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 A extra account at your linux machine</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Fetchmail </A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Procmail</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 A mail account</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html">I got it all, what now ?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Creating a .fetchmailrc file</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Creating a .procmailrc file</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 "nosuchuserfile"</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 "crontab files".</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 "At the admins site".</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-5.html">Automation</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 The "skeleton".</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 addmail script</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html">Help! (sigh)</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 The automation script just doesn't work:</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 What do you mean by "anonymous mailserver"?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 My cat died</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 My dog died</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 Linux?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.6">6.6 Can you help me with finding a mail account?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.7">6.7 Why is the "maybe later i'll make some addition ..." removed ?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.8">6.8 How do i get a "domain" ?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.9">6.9 Why are you so f*cking lame using this?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.10">6.10 Nosuchuserfile?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.11">6.11 Can my users write/send mail too?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.12">6.12 Does every user need a shell account at my server?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.13">6.13 skeletion?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.14">6.14 Addmail?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.15">6.15 Why are you so cruel?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.16">6.16 Didn't you get a complaint of excessive language ?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.17">6.17 Why is this howto different than most others?</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.18">6.18 locally my domain works, but remote it seems not to receive</A> <LI><A HREF="Offline-Mailing-6.html#ss6.19">6.19 My dog died</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-7.html">The End</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="Offline-Mailing-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>