Re: [Evolution] OT: Setting up a local mail server

["Michael Leone" <turgon mike-leone com>]

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On 3 Jun 2002 at 23:46, Dan Hensley wrote:

> The reason I'm asking on this list is that I know there are some who
> have mentioned previously doing this.  I've been researching for a
> while now, and I still have a lot of questions, so I was wondering if
> someone could give me some pointers, links to a HOWTO, etc.  I'm
> having a hard time finding information that concisely and clearly
> explains how all the pieces fit together.
>
> I have 3 different POP accounts that I regularly check.  I'd like to
> turn my machine into a local server for these accounts so I can access
> e-mail from anywhere on my local network and also through my firewall
> for when I'm out of town.
>
> I believe what I need to do is set up an IMAP server and use fetchmail
> to download the POP e-mails to the IMAP server. 

Why use fetchmail, if you use Evolution? It will do the same as 
fetchmail does (for the POP accts in your situation).

> I believe I need some
> kind of mail agent to take the e-mail downloaded by fetchmail and put
> it in the right place for the IMAP server.

You can run a POP server and an IMAP server at the same time. I do. I 
read the mail at work, thru the home firewall, via IMAP, in Windows. 
When I get home, I use Evo to POP the messages into local folders 
there.

Granted, this means I can't read old, archived mail while away from 
home, but if I did want that, I'd use IMAP from both locations.

> What I've done so far is compile and install courier-imap.  I set up 3
> virtual users and verified that the server works.  That's it so far.
> I've been reading fetchmail, maildrop, and qmail documentation as
> well.

Postfix. Great program.

> If anyone could give me some pointers I'd appreciate it.

Use SASL to authenticate to your mail server when away from the home 
LAN.


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