Home IMAP server

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> As I'll soon be getting a laptop, I need to move my mail from Kmail to
> an IMAP server that I'll be running locally. I'll read mail from it in
> Kmail both locally and on the laptop while away.
> 
> What IMAP servers would the Ubuntu community recommend? What should I
> know about the differences between them before I start? Thanks.

I've run Postfix/Dovecot under Fedora Core 3 and now Postfix/Courier
under 6.06.1 Server with a typical ISP account as a "smart host" relay,
probably for many of the same reasons you're wanting to do it. ;)

Off the cuff laypersons opinion is that Courier is a little easier to
set up, but I was using an older version of Postfix under Core 3. Most
of the minor problems I had getting (secure) remote mail access up and
running were TLS/SSL issues, and 100% Postfix. Still, I prefer Postfix
to any of the alternatives. :)

Anyway, here's a couple links I found most useful...

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06_p6
http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/

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