[hobbit] semi-OT -- anyone using hobbit-mailack with ms-exchange 2003 as the MTA?

Ralph Mitchell ralphmitchell at gmail.com
Mon Sep 25 22:09:45 CEST 2006


On 9/25/06, Kauffman, Tom <KauffmanT at nibco.com> wrote:
> My exchange guys are having trouble with this.
>
> I'm trying to send mail to a cell phone from hobbit@<server.domain>,
> return address hobbit@<domain> -- and need to get the result forwarded
> to hobbit@<server.domain> (our hobbit server is not accessable from the
> outside world, so I'm specifying a return address on our exchange email
> server). The email is getting back to exchange, we just can't seem to
> figure out how to get it back to the hobbit server.
>
> The alternative would be to build a box to sit in the dmz and set it up
> to receive the email and forward it -- I thought it would be easier to
> just get exchange to handle the forwarding.
>
> MS-Exchange 2003 on MS Advanced Server 2003.
>
> Everything I find via google seems to be Exchange 5.0/5.5, or involve
> two different domains.

I believe Exchange can do IMAP, provided the right bits are installed.
 This may involve the ritual sacrifice of a keg of beer to the
Exchange Wizards, though... :)

Anyway, if you can get Exchange talking IMAP, then"fetchmail" ought to
be able do the rest.

Ralph Mitchell



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