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

[Anton May]

Good day Hylton

In regards to the VM if you want to I can help out on that, if it is still
a problem.

Regarding upgrade of the server to 18.04, personally I would hold back on
that. Systemd is a whole new beast. There is a fair amount of new commands
and ways to do things that I'm still learning. Besides 16.04 is still
supported until April 2021, so why not wait to 2020?

Need a bit more clarification on how you want to move to iCloud.

Anton

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 18:44, Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Anton May
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