From b5ce06b90ea4283596a70458d72b474bcc9d24da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 03:06:13 +0000 Subject: Lica Olivetti's qvirtual option. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1465 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e2d90ff8..70922df0 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1997/10/01 13:43:23 $ +$Date: 1997/10/02 03:06:01 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -834,11 +834,11 @@ to set up one fetchmail link to be reliably collect the mail for an entire domain.

One of the basic features of qmail is the `Delivered-To:' message -header. Whenever qmail deliver a message to a local mailbox it puts +header. Whenever qmail delivers 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.

-To set up qmail to batch mail for a disconnected site the isp-mailhost +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 @@ -880,6 +880,13 @@ in the alias directory (normally /var/qmail/alias) with the contents:

Note this does require a modern /bin/sh.

+Luca Olivetti adds:

+ +If you aren't using qmail locally, or you don't want to set up the +alias mechanism described above, you can use the option `qvirtual +"mbox-userstr-"' in your fetchmail config file to strip the prefix +from the local user name.

+

T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?

@@ -1210,6 +1217,9 @@ mailbox mean it all ends up with a single envelope address that is useless for rerouting purposes. You may have to set `no envelope' to prevent fetchmail from being bamboozled by this.

+Check also answer T1 on a reliable way to do multidrop +delivery if your ISP (or your mail redirection provider) is using qmail.

+

M3. I tried to run a mailing list using multidrop, and I have a mail loop!

@@ -1538,7 +1548,7 @@ will look right.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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