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== Fetchmail for SME Server ==
=== Maintainer ===
[http://schirrms.net/index.php Schirrm's Studio] (software)
=== Description ===
*Fetchmail retrieve mails from external mailboxes with many options.
Step-by-step silly HowTo for installation of Fetchmail on SMEserver.
It's intended for Linux-newbies.
Before install, [http://www.schirrms.net/files/ check latest version here]
and replace filenames in step 2 & 3 if necessary.
=== Installation ===
1. Log in (with username root) to the SMEserver console.
2. Download Fetchmail from Schirrm's site:
wget http://www.schirrms.net/files/smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
3. Install Fetchmail:
yum localinstall smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
You will get a y/N-question, answer y if it looks fine.
4. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
<br><code>"signal-event post-upgrade" and "signal-event reboot"</code>
<br>But you can ignore that and move on
5. In the server-manager, part 'Collaboration' you should find a 'Mails Retrieval' option.
This let you access on the main page of the Fetchmail configuration.
=== Additional information ===
For more info check [http://schirrms.net/sme/SMEFetchMail.php Schirrm's HowTo] here.
If you connect to the SMEserver console by Putty ssh-client (or similar) you can copy and paste the commands (very convenient).
Please note that this was written in april 2007, if the software change then this howto may be outdated.
Please do edit if you find errors or have improvements, but make sure that it works!
Good luck [http://wiki.contribs.org/User:Per /Per]
=== Tested software version ===
Host: SMEserver v7.1 with update 3 (7.1.3)
smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
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[[Category: Contrib]]
=== Maintainer ===
[http://schirrms.net/index.php Schirrm's Studio] (software)
=== Description ===
*Fetchmail retrieve mails from external mailboxes with many options.
Step-by-step silly HowTo for installation of Fetchmail on SMEserver.
It's intended for Linux-newbies.
Before install, [http://www.schirrms.net/files/ check latest version here]
and replace filenames in step 2 & 3 if necessary.
=== Installation ===
1. Log in (with username root) to the SMEserver console.
2. Download Fetchmail from Schirrm's site:
wget http://www.schirrms.net/files/smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
3. Install Fetchmail:
yum localinstall smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
You will get a y/N-question, answer y if it looks fine.
4. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
<br><code>"signal-event post-upgrade" and "signal-event reboot"</code>
<br>But you can ignore that and move on
5. In the server-manager, part 'Collaboration' you should find a 'Mails Retrieval' option.
This let you access on the main page of the Fetchmail configuration.
=== Additional information ===
For more info check [http://schirrms.net/sme/SMEFetchMail.php Schirrm's HowTo] here.
If you connect to the SMEserver console by Putty ssh-client (or similar) you can copy and paste the commands (very convenient).
Please note that this was written in april 2007, if the software change then this howto may be outdated.
Please do edit if you find errors or have improvements, but make sure that it works!
Good luck [http://wiki.contribs.org/User:Per /Per]
=== Tested software version ===
Host: SMEserver v7.1 with update 3 (7.1.3)
smeserver-fetchmail-1.3.5-01.noarch.rpm
----
[[Category: Contrib]]