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Originally Posted by darren
OK, does this mean that when I send email it will have my ntlworld email address, cause that would mean I would still get email through my ntl account so I'd still have to check it and wait while it downloads tons of spam which defeats the object of setting up an email server.
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I think I see what you are saying here. You want to set a mail server to help you deal with the spam you get into your ntlworld email address? OK, bit of a sledgehammer/walnut scenario, but a valid reason nonetheless.
I think you would need to sort out your wireless problem here first, then you may want to consider the email program you are using, as that can have a dramatic effect on how spam is dealt with,
As an example, I use
Thunderbird as my email client, It has some excellent spam filters, and is not as "bulky" as the equivelant Microsoft mail program (Outlook Express).
Not sure if I am on the right track there Darren?
Bah, too early in the morning...............you have a linux box you want to use as a filter of sorts, again, you may not need to use a mail server program such as Fetchmail, but you may want to look at any program that can poll the ntlworld email server and flag up any emails as spam so that you can review them first, and possibly delete from the ntl servers before downloading them.
You could always use ntlworld
webmail service, delete the spam first, then run your email program, that too can help.