Re: Question about creating a mail server

"J.O. Aho" <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Randy Yates wrote:
"J.O. Aho" <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

JT wrote:
Now that I have my Feisty server up and running to my liking, is it now
possible to set up a pop3/smtp mail server so that I can send and
receive email on my Linux box rather than having to rely on my ISP?
First of all, check that your ISP don't block port 25, there are many who do
that, if the port is blocked you will not be able to get incoming mail.

It's quite painless to setup a MTA, sendmail at least by default only listens
to 127.0.0.1, but you comment out one line in the config and it will listen on
your external ip.

If you won't access your mail from the outside, pop3 is quite pointless.

Is there a good IMAP server for linux?

Sure there is, but still, will you be serving people outside your home network
with mail accounts? It's far simpler to let your mail client to read from the
mailbox directly.

It may be simpler, but it isn't what I would want (if I were using IMAP).

As I understand it, IMAP allows you to keep messages on the server,
while the client is essentially just a user-interface. I don't want my
last umpteen years' email messages remaining up on a server. For one
thing, I'd be concerned about data integrity. For another, there's the
storage requirements and possible associated expense (with an ISP).

Yes, you could probably create a local repository and keep your long-term
stuff there, but just having it all in one centralized server seems cleaner
to me.
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