Re: Mail distribution

[Dhiraj Garg <dhirajgarg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr Ghandhi
  i guess vsnl supports ..    something.username@xxxxxxxx to go to mailbox 
..  usernam@xxxxxxxx    try this u can sort on someting then

Dhiraj


>From: "L.V.Gandhi" <lvgandhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxx
>To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Mail distribution
>Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 05:50:27 +0530
>
>Mrs N P Salaria wrote:
> >
> > According to L.V.Gandhi:
> > >
> > > P Venugopal wrote:
> > > >
> > > > L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have one main administrative office and for branch offices in a 
>city.
> > > > > I have a single dial up account from vsnl. I want to down load 
>mail from
> > > > > vsnl and distribute in individual office mail box in linux box in 
>Adm..
> > > > > office so that branch offices can download their mail using dial 
>up from
> > > > > their win95 boxes. How to go about it. I will be thankful if I am
> > > > > pointed some documentation in linux box or net. I have RHL 5.2 
>that came
> > > > > in Mar PCQ CD fully installed. Head office PC configuration is 
>Intel
> > > > > celeron 300A, 3.2 GB HDD, 32 MB RAM and without any NIC cards.
> > > > >
> > Hello,
> >   What you can do is configure your linux machine to connect to your 
>vsnl account
> > using chat or some other utility , you can write a  script to estaablish
> > connection , once connected use fetchmail , ( you will have to create 
>.fetchmailrc)
> > in the root account to pull all the mails , you can pull all the mails 
>for
> > everyone and then you should have all the user accounts on your machine
> > the local MDA will then deliver all mail to the individual users mail 
>boxes. They
> > can then configure their windows machines as pop3 clientts and pull 
>their individual
> > mails . I have configured a Linux slackwaare machine to connect to vsnl 
>every
> > one hour it pulls and sends all the queued mail and then individual 
>users
> > in the office connect to this linux server as a pop client and pull all 
>their
> > mails. If this is what you want you can do it , write to me if you 
>require
> > any further info.., read man fetchmail for more info on fetchmail.
> > nps
>
>Thanks for the response.
>I have a single vsnl account. There should be some criteria to sort the
>mails  to individual account. How to do it? I think that after using
>Kmail or nwtscape I can download mails. To send mail I use smtp server
>address of vsnl. How to distribute or forward the mail from netscape or
>kmail to individual accounts and then how to configure linux box so that
>others can download their mail using their win boxes?
>
>--
>L.V.Gandhi
>MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA
>http://www.poboxes.com/lvgandhi  lvgandhi@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>lvgandhi@xxxxxxxx,  31882656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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