mail server in a simple subnet!

[kyhah]

Quick question for simple subnet configuration:

I was setup my DNS server. Installed imap and fetchmail package in the mail server and DNS server. Configured the files in mail server: sendmail.cf, sendmail.cw, access, and access_db(using makemap), inetd.conf, hosts.allow, hosts.deny
Configured the files in DNS server: inetd.conf, hosts.allow, hosts.deny

1) In recipient side. How can I get the mail(message) from the mail server. I'm using sendmail tool. What command/tool to get the message.

2) Please advise if i'm make a wrong installation or configuration.

thanks.

[SuperHornet]

The short answer to your question you need a client to dowload the maill off your server. Since you are using IMAP the client has to support the IMAP protocol.

Most people use POP3 to download there mail.

[fancypiper]

Common e-mail tools:
sendmail (http://www.sendmail.net/) - postfix (http://www.postfix.org/) - sends mail to local users (and internet when configured correctly)
fetchmail (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/) - gets mail from internet pop accounts
procmail (http://www.procmail.org/) - sorts and delivers into separate mailboxes
mutt (http://www.mutt.org/) - mail client that sucks less than all the others
Email the Linux Way (http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#mtuw)
Suresh Ramasubramanian's email guide (http://www.hserus.net/dlhowto.html)
The Linux Mail User HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO/index.html)
The Linux Electronic Mail Administrator HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html)
Gotmail (http://ssl.usu.edu/paul/gotmail/), a utility to download mail from Hotmail accounts