fetchmail does not inject into kolab

[Richard Bos]

Op dinsdag 5 juli 2005 10:12, schreef Dieter Kluenter:
> >> But isn't fetchmail just delivering to the smtp port (25)?
> >
> > IIRC it uses sendmail by default, so it might pick up /usr/sbin/sendmail
> > which would like to deliver into /var/spool/mail/ (which fails because
> > the users in Kolab's LDAP aren't system users usually).
>
> No, man fetchmail(1) says
>
> ,----[ fetchmail(1) ]
>
> | As each message is retrieved fetchmail normally delivers it via SMTP to
> | port 25 on the machine it is running on (localhost), just as though  it
> | were  being passed in over a normal TCP/IP link.  The mail will then be
> | delivered locally via your system's MDA (Mail Delivery  Agent,...
>
> `----
>
> but you may specify other means of transport as described in the
> manual page.

it works, thank you all for the support!  I used the opa shell, see:
http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Kolab2_FAQ#Tips_-_general

This ensures that /kolab/sbin/sendmail is used...

And I had to specify the myuser1 at kolab.domain.com:
> defaults
>         proto pop3
> poll <mail_server>
>         user "<myuser1>"
>         pass "<pwd_user1"
>         is myuser1 at kolab.domain.com
>         keep
> "

to get the emails delivered :))

-- 
Richard Bos
Without a home the journey is endless