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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 374abbd7..1e1c2f3f 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -9,24 +9,23 @@ <BODY> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.1 1997/04/16 20:05:46 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.2 1997/04/16 20:09:34 esr Exp $<p> -(Add a link to Chris Cheyney's <em>atexit</em> patch.)<p> +(Added <a href="http:#C6">C6</a> on working with qmail)<p> Before reporting any bug, please read <a href="#G3">G3</a> for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed -as quickly as possible. -<p> +as quickly as possible. <p> + If you have a question or answer you think ought to be added to this FAQ list, mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at -<A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A>. -<p> +<A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A>.<p> + There is a fetchmail-friends reflector for people who want to discuss fixes and improvements in fetchmail. It's at -<a href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a>; -Eric -can put you on it. -<p> +<a href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a> +and is a SmartList reflector; sign up in the usual way. <p> + <h1>General questions:</h1> <a href="#G1">G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?</a><br> @@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ can put you on it. <a href="#C3">C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?</a><br> <a href="#C4">C4. How can I get fetchmail to work with ssh?</a><br> <a href="#C5">C5. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam 571 response?</a><br> +<a href="#C6">C6. How can I use fetchmail multidrop mode with qmail?</a><br> <h1>Runtime fatal errors:</h1> @@ -544,7 +544,66 @@ to allow sendmail to process the message further and generate an error message to the sender. <p> <hr> -<h2><a name="">R1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> +<h2><a name="C6">C6. How can I use fetchmail multidrop mode with qmail?</a></h2> + +(This information is thanks to Robert de Bath +<robert@mayday.cix.co.uk>.)<p> + +If a mailhost is using the qmail package (see <a +href="http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html">http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html</a>) +then, providing the local hosts are also using qmail, it is possible +to setup one fetchmail link to be reliably collect the mail for an +entire domain.<p> + +One of the basic features of qmail is the `Delivered-To:' message +header. Whenever qmail deliver a message to a local mailbox it puts +the username and hostname of the envelope recipient on this line. The +major reason for this is to prevent mail loops. <p> + +To set up qmail to batch mail for a disconnected site the isp-mailhost +will have normally put that site in its `virtualhosts' control file so +it will add a prefix to all mail addresses for this site. This results +in mail sent to 'username@userhost.userdom.dom.com' having a +'Delivered-To:' line of the form:<p> + +<listing> + Delivered-To: mbox-userstr-username@userhost.userdom.dom.com +</listing> + +A single host maildrop will be slightly simpler: + +<listing> + Delivered-To: mbox-userstr-username@userhost.dom.com +</listing> + +The ISP can make the 'mbox-userstr-' prefix anything they choose +but a string matching the user host name is likely.<p> + +To use this line you must:<p> + +<ol> +<li>Ensure the option `envelope Delivered-To:' is in the fetchmail + config file. + +<li>Ensure you have a localdomains containing 'userdom.dom.com' or + `userhost.dom.com' respectively. +</ol> + +So far this reliably delivers messages to the correct machine of the +local network, to deliver to the correct user the 'mbox-userstr-' +prefix must be stripped off of the user name. This can be done by +setting up an alias within the qmail MTA on each local machine. +Simply create a dot-qmail file called '.qmail-mbox-userstr-default' +in the alias directory (normally /var/qmail/alias) with the contents:<p> + +<listing> + | ../bin/qmail-inject -a -f"$SENDER" "${LOCAL#mbox-userstr-}@$HOST}" +</listing> + +Note this <em>does</em> require a modern /bin/sh.<p> + +<hr> +<h2><a name="R1">R1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> Maybe you have a .forward or alias set up that you've forgotten about. You should probably remove it.<p> |