[CentOS] Re: another postfix question

Tom Diehl tdiehl at rogueind.com
Sat Oct 29 02:55:58 UTC 2005


On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Steven Vishoot wrote:

> hello,
> 
> i was thinking of using postfix for a mail server, the
> question is can i use this just for in bound email

Yes, use your isp's mail server for outbound mail.

> only and have my clients access this server locally.
> the clients would be outlook. I want this to check
> certain email accounts i have and download them to the
> postfix mail server. The reason i would think about
> doing this is my wife and i need to access both of
> these accounts and i do not want to keep them on the
> email account. is this feasable and secure?

I do not understand what you are really trying to accomplish but one thing 
to keep in mind is that you will need a pop3/imap server inorder to have
outlook retreive tha mail. AFAIK outlook cannot reveive mail directly.

Regards,

Tom Diehl		tdiehl at rogueind.com		Spamtrap address mtd123 at rogueind.com



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