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[IKEDA Soji <address@concealed>]

Christian, sorry for delayed response.

On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:20:26 +0200
Christian F Buser <address@concealed> wrote:

> Mh - why did the reply not go to the list - only to the person answering my 
> question? 
> 
> Cheers, Christian 
> 
> 
> ----- Begin forwarded message -----
> From: Christian F Buser <address@concealed>
> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:56:35 +0200
> To: IKEDA Soji <address@concealed>
> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Getting started with SYMPA
> 
> Thank you, Soji, for the detailed instructions. I think I try this over the 
> weekend and let you (and others who might be interested) know about my 
> results. 
> 
> Hello IKEDA Soji. On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:29:19 +0900, you wrote:
> 
> > I had played with macOS Sierra.  To install Sympa from source,
> > following software were required:
> > 
> > * Perl 5 interpreter: Perl 5.18 or so has already been installed.
> > 
> > * Database: SQLite may be used for low-volume site. It does not need
> >   database server (see below).
> > 
> > * MTA: Postfix has already been installed.
> >   Sympa need MTA (inbound and outbound) running on the same host.
> 
> Mh - two questions here: 
> 
> - is Postfix included in the standard MacOS Sierra, or do I need the Server 
> app? 

Postfix looks included in macOS Sierra (and also High Sierra).

> - How can I get mails from the POP3 accounts at my access provider, and can 
> I send using the provider’s SMTP server? 
> a) Is there a possibility to instruct either SYMPA or Postfix to get the 
> incoming messages? 

Sympa itself cannot retrieve incoming messages.  Sympa receives
messages passed by postfix running on the same server.

Additionally, if postfix on your server cannot accept SMTP
connections from the Internet, you have to manage another server
that accepts connections everytime and relays incoming messages
to your server.

If POP3 is only way you can use to retrieve incoming messages, you
have to manage it by yourself.  For example: First you may write a
script to fetch messages with POP3 using fetchmail and to store
them to Sympa using sendmail. Second you may run that script
periodically by cron or launchd.

> b) I think there are some mail domains who do not like to receive messages 
> directly from an MTA at a dynamic IP address. So sending using Postfix via 
> the provider’s SMTP should be possible. 

Postfix on your server may do such work.  Sympa stores outgoiong
messages to postfix using sendmail.  You have to configure postfix
to relay messages sent from localhost to SMTP server of your
providor.

Regards,

-- Soji


> Best wishes, Christian 
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