[ILUG] DHCP + email

[Dave Airlie]

so pop3 should work, so you should be able to set fetchmail to get mail
from it ... your NT username/password should work.. it might only support
NTLM auth but I think fetcmail can be persuaded in that direction...

username is DOMAIN\username also I think..

Dave.


On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, jac1 wrote:

> It connects ok on 110, but i cant type in anything expect 'return' which gives
> '-Err Protocol Error' but not on 143.
>
> James
>
> >===== Original Message From Dave Airlie <airlied at csn.ul.ie> =====
> >If the Exch server supports pop or IMAP then you are away if it doesn't
> >then you'll be doing a lot of hairpulling and bitchin :-)
> >
> >find our mail server name, telnet mailserver 110 and 143 see if u get a
> >connection..
> >
> >Dave.
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, jac1 wrote:
> >
> >> Hey yall,
> >>
> >> My network stuff is configured by DHCP, (I should point out that i know
> >> nothing much about networking + email) except for my email. A colleague
> told
> >> me that, in Linux, I will be able to send mail but not receive it. Is this
> >> true? The company has a microsoft exchange mail server. I don't know if
> it's
> >> POP or IMAP. If it is possible to receive mail, how do i do it? Do i have
> to
> >> create a Linux user account with the same name and password as my M$
> network
> >> account? Sorry if the question is a bit vague.
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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David Airlie, Software Engineer
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