On Tuesday 02 January 2007 16:14, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 10:13 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 January 2007 04:08, Craig White wrote: > > > 2. I would recommend brennan's home server howto... > > > > > > http://www.brennan.id.au/ > > > > > > this uses sendmail/dovecot, neither of which I use but you gotta start > > > somewhere > > > > Dovecot has the advantage of good on-line documentation - and a mailing > > list if required. > > ---- > and perfectly acceptable for those who want to run their own mail > server. > True - and because the documentation is good it's not hard to set up. I collect from several email addresses for myself and my husband with fetchmail, then pass it to procmail for sorting and delivering. Dovecot then runs the imap for both of us. Another advantage to some people is its ability to handle both pop and imap. > cyrus-imapd however, is mail server for those who want it all (mail > quotas, public mailboxes (a rich ACL environment), auto subscribe, auto > sieve, auto create (folders), high performance, non-shell users, etc. > Also comes well-recommended, though I've not used it myself. Anne
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