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Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube 3] hacking smb.conf and multiple ISP POP3 accounts

In message <3.0.5.32.20010829092100.015e2ea0@xxxxxxxxx>, SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx> writes 
At 00:15 29-08-2001 +0100, Jason Crouch wrote:

       I assume, I can just hack the smb.conf file and restart smb to
       set up shares with user privileges the way I want them?  Will
       this cause a problem with the interaction of the web UI and
       smb.conf if other "groups" get added at a later stage?


Yes, it might cause problems with the web UI.


So its Qube groups or nothing :(


ii.     My users have a number of different ISP POP3 accounts which I'd
       like the Qube to both collect mail from, and then distribute to
       their Qube mail accounts; this doesn't appear to be supported by


Fetchmail will allow you to collect mail from remote POP3 servers.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail


I'm vaguely familiar with fetchmail ...
Would you suggest slapping an entry into cron.$whatever to schedule automatic downloading of mail?
Is the implication here that installing an rpm of something like fetchmail is not a problem on a Qube, as they are really just a strange shaped redhat box ... I guess I'm just curious as to what lengths you can go before you break the UI !