Kmail and Netscape Mail with Mailscanner

[Martin Sapsed]

Victor Cain wrote:
> I am running mailscanner 3.27, spamassassin 2.43, fetchmail 5.9.11, exim 3.36
> and using Kmail to read mail on a Debian Sarge system, thanks to many e-mails
> from Julian.  It is working fine, as long as the Debian incompatabilities
> don't get too bad, however I would also like to read mail with Netscape Mail
> as an alternative to Kmail.
>
> Netscape Mail can send mail the same way as Kmail, just sending to "localhost"
> but Netscape Mail doesn't read the mail.  Kmail just reads from "localhost"
> but when I try that with Netscape, nothing happens.  Mailx, which is also on
> the system, does read it, but not Netscape.  Do I need for MailScanner to
> send it to a different place?  Any help would be appreciated.

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> XIII KMAIL CONFIGURATION
>
> NOTE: Kmail does not communicate directly with the ISP's mail server
>
> Incoming (Receiving)
>  POP Host: localhost
>      Port: 110
> Dest Fldr: inbox
>
> Outgoing (Sending)
> SMTP Host: localhost
>      Port: 25
>
> XIV NETSCAPE MAIL CONFIGURATION
>
> I don't have the slightest idea how to get Netscape Mail to read the incoming mail.
> I did succeed in getting the outgoing mail working by just changing the ISP mail
> server (smtp.comcast.net) with "localhost", leaving everything else alone.
>
> IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

If KMail is reading using POP from localhost, you need to configure
Netscape to do the same. It's in the Mail&Newsgroup preferences
somewhere depending on which version of Netscape you're using.

Cheers,

Martin

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