[ubuntu-za] Connectivity issue for Ubuntu 16.04 VM under Parallels on iMac

[Frans de waal]

I see now in the header must have been asleep still this morning.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 11:13 Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:

> He uses Parallels which is for MAC, but same principle with networking,
> bridged or natted.
>
> Antin
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 10:44 Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Hylton
>> What program do you use for your VM, in virtualbox I usualy use bridged
>> network interfaces to get the outside network, and then virtualbox's
>> internal network to ensure connection tovthe host should the other network
>> be down.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 22:02 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <
>> hylton at conacher.co.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have had a quote on this from clug-work and wonder
>>>  if  it might also suit ubuntu-za?
>>>
>>> I currently have a local IMAP Dovecot Maildir 'server'/mailstore with
>>> Postfix and Fetchmail that stores over 150k of email messages for a
>>> single user in over 200 folders. Fetchmail retrieves from a Gmail
>>> account who in turn retrieves from my domain email address.
>>>
>>> I have a GUI login to Linux, if needed, as well as a sudo password
>>> which I use to keep the Ubuntu system updated ie 1. Use ssh to log
>>> into server from Mac Terminal then run apt update && apt upgrade.
>>>
>>> I only access the mail store using Thunderbird on the Mac. In
>>> Thunderbird I have created filters to sort the email into the 250+
>>> folders but some of the filters sometimes do not run. To rectify this
>>> I thought of moving the whole store to iCloud as the iCloud Mail app
>>> apparently does server mail filtering. I decided to get the local
>>> connections working first and enable the existing IMAP store I have to
>>> sync with Thunderbird, before moving forward.
>>>
>>> My issue is that the VM refuses to connect to the same network on
>>> which the Mac is located.
>>>
>>> I had the VM setup to use the Wifi network adapter and the Mac to use
>>> the Ethernet cnx. If I unplug the Ethernet cable I can browse the net
>>> with the Mac yet the VM just wont connect to the same subnet, despite
>>> being DHCP.
>>>
>>> If the VM 'server' cannot connect to the local network or Internet, I
>>> cannot send email from Thunderbird as adding the message to the Sent
>>> mail store fails as the server mailstore is unavailable. I could set
>>> it up to retrieve from Gmail but then that would put the VM 'server
>>> and my local copy in Thunderbird in disarray, and I do not want emails
>>> I send to disappear into the ether without a record of being sent.
>>>
>>> What I seek is a remote, or possibly onsite, support session via
>>> TeamViewer or Logmein to
>>> get the VM connected to the net adapter based on the Mac. This will
>>> enable me to send waiting email and update local Thunderbird offline
>>> store.
>>>
>>> Future enhancements include moving entirely to iCloud so that the mail
>>> can be sorted by the server and accessed by either Thunderbird, Mac
>>> Mail or iOS Mail.
>>> The mailstore/server also needs updating to 18.04, without the loss
>>> the current mailstore, with the configuration of Getmail and initial
>>> Procmail. If I can use gvim to add recipes to the procmail file, this
>>> would be great, as would a commented out recipe example, I wont have
>>> to pay for iCloud Mail hosting for the 20Gb Mailstore.
>>>
>>> The VM is on Parallels installed on the Mac using Wifi to
>>> 'communicate', Dovecot is installed on Ubuntu 16.04 VM,  Thunderbird
>>> is installed on the Mac as it Mac Mail and that uses Ethernet on same
>>> network. Mobile devices have WiFi cnx's and Mail installed but not
>>> configured to reach mailstore.
>>>
>>> Please advise rate per hour for support as I am based in Tokai, Cape
>>> Town on a 1Gb fibre line.
>>>
>>> All the work/enhancements do not need to happen in one session and
>>> will be decided by your affordability/likeability and what you think
>>> the number of hours required would need to be involved. You would
>>> probably be my Linux go-to person and get paid a mutually agreeable
>>> value per hour.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Hylton
>>> If you know and are confident you can help, I can be reached on
>>> telephone at 0871507959 OR 0829608215 from 09h00->18h00 most days to
>>> schedule a session time.
>>>
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