[ubuntu-za] Connectivity issue for Ubuntu 16.04 VM under Parallels on iMac

[Frans de waal]

Hi, Hylton
What program do you use for your VM, in virtualbox I usualy use bridged
network interfaces to get the outside network, and then virtualbox's
internal network to ensure connection tovthe host should the other network
be down.


On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 22:02 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton at conacher.co.za>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have had a quote on this from clug-work and wonder
>  if  it might also suit ubuntu-za?
>
> I currently have a local IMAP Dovecot Maildir 'server'/mailstore with
> Postfix and Fetchmail that stores over 150k of email messages for a
> single user in over 200 folders. Fetchmail retrieves from a Gmail
> account who in turn retrieves from my domain email address.
>
> I have a GUI login to Linux, if needed, as well as a sudo password
> which I use to keep the Ubuntu system updated ie 1. Use ssh to log
> into server from Mac Terminal then run apt update && apt upgrade.
>
> I only access the mail store using Thunderbird on the Mac. In
> Thunderbird I have created filters to sort the email into the 250+
> folders but some of the filters sometimes do not run. To rectify this
> I thought of moving the whole store to iCloud as the iCloud Mail app
> apparently does server mail filtering. I decided to get the local
> connections working first and enable the existing IMAP store I have to
> sync with Thunderbird, before moving forward.
>
> My issue is that the VM refuses to connect to the same network on
> which the Mac is located.
>
> I had the VM setup to use the Wifi network adapter and the Mac to use
> the Ethernet cnx. If I unplug the Ethernet cable I can browse the net
> with the Mac yet the VM just wont connect to the same subnet, despite
> being DHCP.
>
> If the VM 'server' cannot connect to the local network or Internet, I
> cannot send email from Thunderbird as adding the message to the Sent
> mail store fails as the server mailstore is unavailable. I could set
> it up to retrieve from Gmail but then that would put the VM 'server
> and my local copy in Thunderbird in disarray, and I do not want emails
> I send to disappear into the ether without a record of being sent.
>
> What I seek is a remote, or possibly onsite, support session via
> TeamViewer or Logmein to
> get the VM connected to the net adapter based on the Mac. This will
> enable me to send waiting email and update local Thunderbird offline
> store.
>
> Future enhancements include moving entirely to iCloud so that the mail
> can be sorted by the server and accessed by either Thunderbird, Mac
> Mail or iOS Mail.
> The mailstore/server also needs updating to 18.04, without the loss
> the current mailstore, with the configuration of Getmail and initial
> Procmail. If I can use gvim to add recipes to the procmail file, this
> would be great, as would a commented out recipe example, I wont have
> to pay for iCloud Mail hosting for the 20Gb Mailstore.
>
> The VM is on Parallels installed on the Mac using Wifi to
> 'communicate', Dovecot is installed on Ubuntu 16.04 VM,  Thunderbird
> is installed on the Mac as it Mac Mail and that uses Ethernet on same
> network. Mobile devices have WiFi cnx's and Mail installed but not
> configured to reach mailstore.
>
> Please advise rate per hour for support as I am based in Tokai, Cape
> Town on a 1Gb fibre line.
>
> All the work/enhancements do not need to happen in one session and
> will be decided by your affordability/likeability and what you think
> the number of hours required would need to be involved. You would
> probably be my Linux go-to person and get paid a mutually agreeable
> value per hour.
>
> Regards
> Hylton
> If you know and are confident you can help, I can be reached on
> telephone at 0871507959 OR 0829608215 from 09h00->18h00 most days to
> schedule a session time.
>
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