[imp] Other mail accounts

[pcha@uniting.com.au]

Colleagues,

I am just "getting into" horde/imp as a mailer for our home network 
(Linux based).  I have just wrestled with the auth backend, and can 
now actually login to the system.

Within IMP, I want to be able to pull mail from other mail accounts, 
so I go to "accounts" and see the message to" Check all mail 
servers you want to fetch mail from:"  Unfortunately, there's nothing 
listed.  Not a single server.  Which doesn't surprise me, actually, 
since I've never provided any config details for any 'other' servers.  
So the point that I would like some clarification of is where I actually 
define these "other" servers?  Can someone please advise?

Another point ... loging into imp the first time proved much of a 
battle, and I was grateful for the 
http://servername/horde/imp/test.php page.  But there is a mystery.  
I presently pull mail from 3 POP3 servers ... presently into pegasus 
mail (windows program), so I know accessing the mail from these 3 
servers via pop3 works.  The test.php will only connect to these 
servers via IMAP, not pop3  Why?  Please note that I do not have 
any mailer agents on my web server at all ... no sendmail, fetchmail 
etc (I've never had any need for them) ... I just keep some ports 
open and let the client programs do the work to remote servers.  
Rather than manipulating mail on a remove server (the servers 
themselves have web interfaces for this), I'd prefer to be able to pull 
it down onto my server, manipulate it, etc.

So, what do I need to (a) allow imp to take pop3, and (b) store the 
mail on my box?

Kind regards,


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Paul Chandler
pcha at uniting.com.au