general email question

[Matthias Teege]

"DJ Boris" <dj_boris at mail.ru> writes:

> hi there,
Moin,

> as far as I understand I need fetchmail, sendmail, procmail, and some mail
> server. am I right? could someone point me to the right documentation or

Yes, that is corrent.

> examples on the internet OR if possible to explain to me what comes first

There are a lot of documents out there. Try google and look for
«pop toaster».

> and how all the above components (fetchmail, sendmail, etc) come together
> and possibly suggest what combination of software packages I should use.

Maybe qmail and getmail are a solution for you.

Bis dann
Matthias

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