How can I fetch my Mail from my ISPs Server?

[Sascha Schneider]

Am Thursday 18 June 2009 06:25:46 schrieb Shrenik Bhura:
> Alexander Schröter wrote:
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > because I am unsure how to solve my problem I decided to ask you for some
> > advice. I have my own Kolab Server running and it's basicly just running
> > for me and some friends on a Server. Because I don't have a Mail backup I
> > decided to leave the Mails at my Provider, which I think is a great
> > solution because of Backup and 100% Uptime etc.
> >
> > But since I started to use Kolab on more and more devices, I want my
> > Mails (actually copies of them) to be in my Mailbox on the Kolab Server.
> > So finally we get to the question.
> >
> > How can I fetch my Mail from my ISPs Server? That beeing the basic
> > question now a little more Detail. Since I have many folders in my
> > Mailbox I don't want to change/add a new folder everytime I change
> > something on my ISPs Mailbox. I also want my Mails to be fetched in a
> > regular basis even when I am not logged into Horde. (Why the Horde
> > fetchmail I guess is not working for me.)
> >
> > My idea is to have a Fetchmail Service running on the server that puts
> > the Mails in my Mailaccount? Do you think that's possible, a good idea or
> > do you have a even better one?
> >
> > Thanks in Advanced.
> > Alexander Schröter
>
> Try using getmail from http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
>
> I have used both fetchmail and getmail and find it to be better on
> several counts. That's my personal assessment and opinion though.
>
>
> SB
>
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I use getmail now for a couple of years and I'm very happy with it.
Problem with openpkg is that in their repositories they yust provide 
fetchmail.
And although I believe a couple of people out there use getmail with kolab, 
the wiki only provides fetchmail howto's.
I hope we can get a working getmail howto on the kolab wiki soon.


Greetings from belgium, Sascha