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- From: harcoh@cs.kun.nl (Harco de Hilster)
- Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
- Subject: Re: Messages & POP
- Message-ID: <oefozw23fW41094cAV@cs.kun.nl>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 13:39:08 GMT
- References: <Eefojyu0ts4j124ho0@alw.nih.gov>
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- Excerpts from mail: 10-Sep-92 Re: Messages & POP Bob Dew@alw.nih.gov (1077*)
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- > This can work nicely under AFS when the POP server is configured as an
- > AFS client.
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- > The AndrewSetup "AMS_MailCollectionCommand" can point to a shell script
- > which performs an authenticated rsh to the POP server, whereby "eatmail"
- > is called to transfer mail from the POP server's spooling area to the
- > user's home area Mailbox. That is, the mail collection command would
- > look something like,
-
- > /usr/afsws/bin/rsh Pop_server_machine /usr/andrew/bin/eatmail
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- > -Bob
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- We use NFS here, but I think the essence is that your home directory is
- available (exported) to the POP-server.
-
- Your solution also requires a real login on the POP server. With a real
- POP-client, the POP server only needs to be aware of the user.
- The mail server at our site is a secure machine on which (almost) nobody
- has a real login, so a rsh is not allowed.
-
- A real POP-client plus eatmail would be a better solution.
-
- Regards,
-
- Harco.
-