multidrop fetchmail<\/p>\n
You should probably have the following in \/etc\/aliases:
\n root: robert
\n postmaster: robert
\n music: robert<\/p>\n
And something like this in your .fetchmailrc:
\n set postmaster=”postmaster@localhost”
\n server pop3.demon.co.uk
\n aka list.of.domains.involved
\n user bdt-home there is * here<\/p>\n
(I forget the exact syntax, the ‘set postmaster’ is optional given the
\naliases, and the aka might not be applicable – if you have only mail for
\nthe domain bdt-home.demon.co.uk arriving in the remote pop3 mailbox, you
\ndon’t need that line.)<\/p>\n
The above is ‘multidrop’ mode – mail is sent to the local MTA (sendmail) as
\nthough anyone in the ‘aka’ list was a valid user-part on the local
\nhost. That way, sendmail’s and its delivery agent decide whether mail goes
\nto a user (I chose ‘robert’ above as an example – you might have several
\nfolks involved that way), or to what it thinks is a user but is really an
\nalias (‘music’), or just falls off the end and goes to postmaster (ie
\nyourself anyway).<\/p>\n
There’s also a single-drop mode, something like this:<\/p>\n
set postmaster “piglet”<\/p>\n
poll glutinous.custard.org with proto POP3 user “piglet”
\n pass n0t0ny0urne11y<\/p>\n
and my approach:<\/p>\n
zsh, straw 12:02AM tim % alias mdl
\n mdl=’fetchmail -m “procmail -d tim”‘
\n zsh, straw 12:38AM tim % <\/p>\n
where *all* mail downloaded winds up going to \/var\/spool\/mail\/tim. That’s a
\nbit crude but it’s still workable.<\/p>\n
~Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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