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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: mscheurer on Jun 09, '04 06:01:22AM

I must be a bit thick today, I've done the install, but what the h... do I enter in Mail as the account details?


michael



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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: tinker on Jun 11, '04 03:55:54PM

Sorry, should have included that info. Account type is IMAP. Description can be whatever you want. E-mail should be whatever e-mail you want to have mail be sent from. Full name is just your full name.

Incoming mail server should be the IP of the machine on which you've just set up your IMAPd service. Before you write in and say, "You rotten son-of-a-toad, I don't have a static IP!!" check out No-IP.com; they'll set you up with an IP that you can use for machines with dynamic IPs. Pretty cool stuff.

The rest is cake. User name is just your account name on the IMAPd host machine, password is the password. Outgoing mail server depends on your setup.

Note that much of this is irrelevant. When I send e-mail, I send it from my OTHER IMAP account, the one that receives mail (remember that this second IMAP account is basically for archiving messages). I don't receive mail on this account, so I'm never prompted to return mail from it. Therefore, the e-mail address, full name, and smtp server are never used.



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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: mscheurer on Jun 11, '04 07:10:37PM

Thanks tinker.



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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: 68lc040 on Aug 10, '04 10:37:47AM

hello,
this does not work for me: the server rejects my system username/password... is it because of the certificate? how do i enter the certificate data in the mail app? is this even needed? what is the necessary information for the creation of the ceritficate?

thanks!



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