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| + | The "Steve" Method | ||
Recently whilst upgrading to Suse 11 KDE 4.0 I found that Kmail didn't work as usual when I logged in. Doing the normal I checked the wiki and couldn't find anything about this. What I found is that for some reason the Kmail settings did not transfer over to the new Kmail. As such I had to go to another machine with the older Kmail on it and pull them all off, this was annoying so to be helpful I have place the settings here. | Recently whilst upgrading to Suse 11 KDE 4.0 I found that Kmail didn't work as usual when I logged in. Doing the normal I checked the wiki and couldn't find anything about this. What I found is that for some reason the Kmail settings did not transfer over to the new Kmail. As such I had to go to another machine with the older Kmail on it and pull them all off, this was annoying so to be helpful I have place the settings here. | ||
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| + | The "Matt" method | ||
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| + | For this method you need a .fetchmailrc file and a .procmailrc file. Your | ||
| + | mail will be fetched from the server, filtered and stored locally. Once per boot you need | ||
| + | to run fetchmail. | ||
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| + | Matt's .fetchmailrc | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | poll imap4.nottingham.ac.uk protocol imap port 993 | ||
| + | user "yournovellusername" pass "yournovellpassword" ssl | ||
| + | smtphost localhost | ||
| + | smtpname matt | ||
| + | fetchlimit 500 | ||
| + | set daemon 15 | ||
| + | set logfile /home/matt/.fetchmail.log | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | Matt's .procmailrc | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | SHELL=/bin/sh | ||
| + | PATH="$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin" | ||
| + | MBOX=$HOME/Mail | ||
| + | LOCKFILE=$HOME/.procmail.lock | ||
| + | ASSASSINLOCK=$HOME/.spamassassin.lock | ||
| + | JUNKMAIL=$MBOX/spam_filtered | ||
| + | TESTING=$MBOX/testing | ||
| + | BITBUCKET=/dev/null | ||
| + | LOCKTIMEOUT=10 | ||
| + | ACADEMIC=$MBOX/academic | ||
| + | UCU=$MBOX/aut | ||
| + | LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail.log | ||
| + | #LOGABSTRACT=no | ||
| + | #VERBOSE=no | ||
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| + | #Everyone goes through the spam filter | ||
| + | #Run SpamAssassin daemon mode | ||
| + | #spamc is the daemon for spamassassin | ||
| + | #spam mails will come back marked with a spam header | ||
| + | :0 fw : $ASSASSINLOCK | ||
| + | | spamc | ||
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| + | :0: | ||
| + | * ^X-Spam-Optics: Y | ||
| + | $JUNKMAIL | ||
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| + | :0: | ||
| + | * ^X-Spam-Status: Y | ||
| + | $JUNKMAIL | ||
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| + | :0: | ||
| + | * ^X-Spam-Flag: Y | ||
| + | $JUNKMAIL | ||
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| + | :0 : | ||
| + | * ^To:.*EZ- | ||
| + | $ACADEMIC | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 18 December 2008
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The "Steve" Method
Recently whilst upgrading to Suse 11 KDE 4.0 I found that Kmail didn't work as usual when I logged in. Doing the normal I checked the wiki and couldn't find anything about this. What I found is that for some reason the Kmail settings did not transfer over to the new Kmail. As such I had to go to another machine with the older Kmail on it and pull them all off, this was annoying so to be helpful I have place the settings here.
Under Settings in Kmail go to Configure
Goto Accounts
In Receiving tab click add
Choose the IMAP setting
Set the following in the 'General' tab:
- Account name = Exmail.nottingham.ac.uk
- Login = ad/YOUREMAIL (minus the @nottingham.ac.uk garb)
- Password = YOURPASSWORD
- Host = imap4.nottingham.ac.uk
- Port = 993
In the Security tab select 'Use SSL for secure mail download'
Click ok
In Sending tab click add
Set the following :
- Name = Email.nottingham.ac.uk
- Host = smtp.nottingham.ac.uk
- Port = 25
Click ok
All being well Kmail should function now. It is worth noting that Kmail no longer automatically puts a icon in your system tray this has to be turned on.
As ever written to be useful, if it's not change it.
The "Matt" method
For this method you need a .fetchmailrc file and a .procmailrc file. Your mail will be fetched from the server, filtered and stored locally. Once per boot you need to run fetchmail.
Matt's .fetchmailrc
poll imap4.nottingham.ac.uk protocol imap port 993 user "yournovellusername" pass "yournovellpassword" ssl smtphost localhost smtpname matt fetchlimit 500 set daemon 15 set logfile /home/matt/.fetchmail.log
Matt's .procmailrc
SHELL=/bin/sh PATH="$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin" MBOX=$HOME/Mail LOCKFILE=$HOME/.procmail.lock ASSASSINLOCK=$HOME/.spamassassin.lock JUNKMAIL=$MBOX/spam_filtered TESTING=$MBOX/testing BITBUCKET=/dev/null LOCKTIMEOUT=10 ACADEMIC=$MBOX/academic UCU=$MBOX/aut LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail.log #LOGABSTRACT=no #VERBOSE=no #Everyone goes through the spam filter #Run SpamAssassin daemon mode #spamc is the daemon for spamassassin #spam mails will come back marked with a spam header :0 fw : $ASSASSINLOCK | spamc :0: * ^X-Spam-Optics: Y $JUNKMAIL :0: * ^X-Spam-Status: Y $JUNKMAIL :0: * ^X-Spam-Flag: Y $JUNKMAIL :0 : * ^To:.*EZ- $ACADEMIC
