setting up very limited email server with pop3 access

[Will H. Backman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Matt Price
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:24 PM
> To: Ubuntu Users List
> Subject: setting up very limited email server with pop3 access
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm having difficulties with the broken IMAP server my isp uses.
> However, I happen to have access to an Ubuntu web server which is
> always on.  I would like to use this machine as a kind of proxy:  use
> getmail or something similar to download my mail from the ISP, then
> make those mails accessible by pop3 or pop3-ssl (IMAP would work too,
> I guess, as long as it doesn't get confused when multiple programs
> access it), then download mails from this "local" server using getmail
> or some other tool.
> 
> I've installed courier on the target system, but I don't find
> straightforward instructions on how to do something this simple
> (courier seems to be designed for far more complex purposes).  Can
> anyone suggest an approach?  In particular I don't understand how to
> make an mbox or maildir accessible to a pop3 client -- if you can help
> me with that I ought to be able to figure out the getmail parts on my
> own (though of course I wouldn't object to help on those matters
> either).
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Matt
> 

Fetchmail is your friend!