Michael S. Dunsavage said the following on 07/15/2009 07:36 AM:
The problem is I have 1 imap server distributing 2 different email accounts.
I'm not clear as to why this is a problem. I have fetchmail gathering mail from half a dozen boxes an putting it in a single mailbox on my local mail server. I use Thunderbird to access that mailbox via IMAP. So in effect I have one IMAP server distributing six different accounts. Thunderbird knows, somehow, the 'who' that the mail was "to" when I reply an makes sure that the reply has the corresponding "from". I don't know how it does that. I'm not sure the "how" is relevant to this discussion, only that it does. As far as Thunderbird is concerned I just have one SMTP server - the mail server. Why do I have the mail server? Well, it runs even when my workstation, a laptop, isn't turned on; it takes care of archiving and filtering. Running fetchmail means that my mail isn't left on remote machines that aren't under my control an security policy. Of course this may not be relevant to you, but bear it in mind. And of course I can access that mail server via a SSH tunnel from my laptop from any internet café, and its probably more secure against casual sniffing than most people's mail. Its not foolproof, but the return for the minuscule amount of effort is good. And of course I can access that mail server from any machine on my LAN ... and you figure out the other advantages. So how do I route *outgoing* mail? While I can pull a few tricks similar to the ones discussed in this thread, there is a much simpler way. I let my mail server do it. My mail server runs Postfix. That has the ability to determine which SMTP server to use based on various attributes. I won't go into the details, since its very extensive and not all illustrated in the documentation - you'll need to ask in the relevant forums. If openSUSE could run without installing Postfix I'd be reluctant to suggest this, but it seems you have to install it, or Exim, even is your machine, like my laptop, only runs Thunderbird and has no need for a full blown MTA like Postfix. But if you are using a single machine then you get all this. -- The trouble with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org