Mailserver - the irresponsibility of using my desktop as one

[Eric S. Johansson]

Carthik Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I regularly use three different computers - a work desktop, a laptop
> and a home desktop. I have three email IDs, again, none of these are
> avoidable.
> 
> Right now, I fetch all mail to my home desktop which is used to run an
> ssh server using a dynamic dns service.
> 
> The power bill, and the irresponsibility of running a desktop 24x7 to
> read mail etc are killing me.

switch to a laptop to save power and I don't quite understand the 
"irresponsibility" part unless of course it's my mail server.  :-)

as for fetching your e-mail, there is nothing you have described which 
requires a 24 x 7 uptime.  You run whatever fetching utility you want 
when the machine is on otherwise, just let e-mail collect in your 
inboxes.  If you need to, map the three accounts to three separate 
userids on your desktop.

If you are using your home machine as a delivery target for e-mail, 
there are lots of hosting providers that offer pop3 only accounts for 
only a few dollars a month.

if these suggestions don't meet your needs, could you try again 
describing what you're trying to do?

---eric