Configuring Fetchmail Ubuntu Gutsy

Important Note

Please note that these manual installation instructions should only be used on Ubuntu distributions, such as Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 server, the distribution the document was written for. If you install Scalix on un unsupported platform, this invalidates your ability to receive Scalix support. The same counts for the usage of third party tools like fetchmail. Thank you for your understanding and compliance.

This document might be inaccurate and under construction. Do not trust this document.

Intsalling and confuring fetchmail on Ubuntu 7.10 Server (Gutsy Gibbon)

As Ubuntu 7.10 is an unsupported platform there is currently no manual describing the installation of fetchmail (a tool that can be used to retrieve and forward email) to be used in combination with Scalix. As I managed to get Scalix it up and running and I already documented and shared this with the community (here), I thought it would be useful to add the fetchmail configuration as well. Simply my way to give something back.

So below you'll find a how-to that describes the installation and configuration of Scalix on a Ubuntu 7.10 Scalix server.

Just to put things right, this document is loosely based on the instructions to install Scalix manually, as provided here on this Wiki as well. Besides that, as said earlier, I used several sources of information on the web. The ones I can remember, I listed at the end of the document under Sources.