On Sunday 17 February 2002 02:18 am, you wrote:
> Okay. There are several ways to do this, and yes they will involve
> learning the various *mail programs to some degree.
>
> Scenario 1:
> Setup fetchmail to get the mail and then either procmail or aliases
> to drop it into each of your local accounts. You delete the stuff
> of hers that you don't want and vice versa. Outbound can be setup
> to rewrite to the correct return address (the shared one).
Hmmmmm. Maybe that is what I have to do. Does procmail or aliases
have filters that can route to proper accounts?? She hates the
traffic from all of the lists I am subscribed to.
>
> Scenario 2:
> Shell out a few bucks and get separate email addresses, repeat #1
> only without the duplicates. You might be able to use one of the
> free email services, but I'm not sure which (if any) support pop or
> imap.
It's not the bucks. We have used this one common account for several
years and don't want to change it. It would also mean that friends
and family would have to send to two addresses. (You know how that
will go !)
>
> Scenario 3:
> Setup one of the free web mail services as a second address and
> have it forward that person's mail to your shared address.
> Fetchmail _might_ be able to pull it apart in 'multidrop' mode and
> put it in the correct local account.
Same as scenario # 2 and I really don't want to deal with the spam.
We are relatively free of spam right now. :-)
>
> Be glad to help with any of the above, your choice.
Wellll I guess that I will start trying to learn fetchmail and
procmail. If I run into trouble may I mail you privately??
Bob Stia
>
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>----- Jim Wildman, CISSP
> jim@rossberry.com 614-404-1897
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>
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Bob Stia wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 February 2002 09:39 am, you wrote:
> > > Do you have one external account or two? Are they POP or IMAP
> > > capable?
> > >
> > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Bob Stia wrote:
> > > > Hello Sluggers
> > > >
> > > > Awhile ago I created a user account for my wife. Finally have
> > > > her using Linux much more than Windoze, especially after
> > > > installing Open office for her. Lacking one thing for her
> > > > though, ...e-mail....
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > Just one account and it is POP.
> >
> > Bob S.
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