Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up fetchmail to feed postfix

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Friday, 24 November 2017 16:16:15 GMT Ralph Seichter wrote:
> On 24.11.17 16:39, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > I'm trying an evasion, which is to use fetchmail to retrieve emails
> > from my ISP and deliver them to postfix, which can then serve them
> > via IMAP.
> 
> Postfix is an MTA and does neither store email nor lets you access email
> via IMAP. There must be an IMAP server in your mix somewhere (e.g.
> Dovecot or Courier).

Yes, of course. Postfix feeds Dovecot here.

> > I still don't know what to add to /etc/ conf.d/fetchmail, nor whether
> > I need a ~/.fetchmailrc or an /etc/fetchmailrc file (no sample comes
> > with the ebuild).

> Your needs depend on what you are trying to achieve, and you have been a
> bit vague on the details.

That's because I don't yet know enough to know what questions to ask; that's 
why I hoped I'd be pointed to a general guide or explanation.

I thought I was clear enough: I want fetchmail to fetch POP mail and feed it 
into the local postfix (and of course dovecot) mail system. What else do you 
need?

> If you plan to use a single fetchmail process,
> ~foo/.fetchmailrc (with foo being the user you want to run fetchmail as)
> usually suffices.

I assume you mean ~/.fetchmailrc, a file in my home directory, no?

-- 
Regards,
Peter.