[imp] Other mail accounts

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von pcha at uniting.com.au:

> 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?

In your options.

> 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.

To use the accounts feature, you need an IMAP server, because only IMAP 
servers allow storing of messages (fetched from other accounts).

Jan.

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