Re: [cobalt-users] Kludgy solution for email catch all does not work correctly

["[RaQ2] Chuck" <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Chip wrote:

> I came up with something that's an incredible kludge, but works 
> nonetheless.  We configure all mail (all domains) that doesn't match an 
> alias to go to one POP box.  This box is checked every two minutes by a 
> Eudora client running on one of our PCs, accessing the web server through 
> our ISDN connection.  Eudora has one filter set up for each domain name, so 
> anything that comes to anything "@domain1.com" is automatically forwarded 
> to whomever is the designated recipient for that customer. Another filter 
> for "@domain2.com" and for each domain. It's set up at the same time we 
> sign up the customer, so it's not difficult to administer.

That is a very creative solution. I think you could further it with using
fetchmail, a pop client for Unix that can also help automate a great deal
of pop account handling.