On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 11:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 10:50 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I want to try using the Funambol server with my blackberry. Funambol is > > a push email/pim Open Source replacement for the proprietary Blackberry > > Information Server. > > > > Funambol needs to talk to an IMAP email server to synchronize the inbox > > and other folders. However, my cox account only offers POP3. I have been > > trying to find the glue to get email from cox to Funambol. Cox blocks > > port 25, so I cannot just use my own mail server with my domains. > > > > I have been googling around and think I have one possible solution, but > > I am not sure it is the simplest. > > > > 1. zoneedit to send email from mydomain.com to my cox account > > 2. Getmail to download mail from cox. > > 3. Postfix & dovecot & amavirus to store email and make it available to > > funambol > > > > #3 comes from this article - > > http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/ and it was very easy to set > > up. > > > > Is this setup overkill for my application? Should I look at other ways > > to meet my objectives? > > > > Two other wrinkles - I have 2 domains, and each user gets & send email > > on the two domains (total of 5 users). I am running Debian etch. > > > > Thanks for any advice you have on ways to simplify this setup. > ---- > 1. You can use 'smarthost' settings on postfix or sendmail to relay > outbound mail through their smtp server. That is the simplest thing to > do. > > 2. I have never used 'getmail' but I do use 'fetchmail' which retrieves > e-mail using various protocols (pop3 is one of them) which then feeds > the mail through my setup of MailScanner/postfix/cyrus-imapd. > MailScanner is like amavisd-new...a wrapper that checks incoming mail > and sends it through clamav, spamassassin before delivery. > > 3. Dovecot is fine as an imap server (I prefer cyrus-imapd but dovecot > is simpler). > > 4. You are likely going to have to set up a local DNS to handle e-mail - > I don't see much value in using something like zoneedit unless you > expect offsite connections and Cox blocks ports 25 & 80 on > DHCP/residential accounts anyway. > Craig, Thanks for the comments. * Thanks for the tip for using the Cox smtp server for outgoing mail. * I included zoneedit, (which is not great and is slow) because I have my domains at godaddy. I point them to zoneedit's servers, and then use zoneedit to send the email to my cox account. I wish I could have zoneedit forward to a different port for postfix and bypass getmail, but I don't think they do that. Is there anything better than zoneedit for free? Thanks again! Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss