RE: [ilug] Postfix error -> this is easy...not for me though

From: Wynne, Conor (conor_wynne at domain maxtor.com)
Date: Tue 16 Jul 2002 - 17:24:42 IST


Thanking you John boy.

CW

-----Original Message-----
From: John Madden [mailto:maddenj at domain skynet.ie]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:51 PM
To: Wynne, Conor
Cc: 'ilug at domain linux.ie'
Subject: Re: [ilug] Postfix error -> this is easy...not for me though

On (16/07/02 16:42), Wynne, Conor didst pronounce:
>
> Now I obviously changed something but I dont know what [probably something
> to do with aliases] -still a mail newbie-
> I'll explain, the error is correct as there is no user called wynnec. I
used
> to have wynnec mapped to cwynne. Why? Because my login to me pop mail is
> wynnec, and fetchmail collects it and supposed to send it on to the local
> user cwynne. So how do I fix that?
>
Well, you could put wynnec: cwynne in your /etc/aliases and run
postalias /etc/aliases. Or, you could just use a .fetchmailrc. Something
like:

poll mail.server with proto POP3
        user 'wynnec' there with password 'CHANGEME' is cwynne here

-- 
Chat ya later,
John.
--
BOFH excuse #1: clock speed


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