Re: [fetchmail-users] Splitting catch-all into local recipients.

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Dave Coventry schrieb:
> I'll try again(Sorry, the cut-and-paste didn't work out)
> 
> Matthias, thank you very much for the reply.

You're welcome.

> Okay, I've read and reread the manual page and I think I have the
> answer; namely that
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ snip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> poll pop.example.com with proto POP3
> user "general at example.com" there with
> password "my_password" to davec=dave johnj=john shirleyw=shirley
> barryw=barry here
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ snip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> should work.

Yes, it should - however, as I've stated in
<http://home.pages.de/~mandree/mail/multidrop>, it requires some
cooperation from the ISP to write envelope headers, else you'll have
troubles with duplicate or missing or misdirected messages (answering your
question why multidrop isn't the best idea).

Configuring the envelope header properly (Rob MacGregor offered to help
with that part in his list mail) is essential (the option is also called
envelope), some details are in the FAQ and manual page and in the document
linked to above. Usually, ODMR or UUCP are better ideas than POP3
multidrop, since they are more reliable, these protocols do transport the
envelope.

HTH,
Matthias