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

[Dave C. <dc...@do...>]

>Configuring the envelope header properly (Rob MacGregor offered to help
>with that part in his list mail)
Yes, my email in reply to you crossed with his.

>is essential (the option is also called
>envelope), some details are in the FAQ and manual page and in the document
How is the envelope configured? I mean, is it generated by the originator of the email or does my ISP's server assemble the envelope when it receives the email?

>linked to above. Usually, ODMR or UUCP are better ideas than POP3
>multidrop, since they are more reliable, these protocols do transport the
>envelope.
I'm afraid that I'm in the hands of my ISP on this.




Matthias Andree wrote:
> 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
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