I want to set up a very modest home mail server that will collect emails from other pop3 servers and make them available to 2 or 3 users using 1 or more different clients on 2 or 3 computers. I have become very confused by the various howtos. Even the gentoo ones, which on other subjects are usually very good, in this case assume an awful lot of arcane knowledge and also say preposterous things, such as that xyz server is easy to set up when it quite plainly isn't.
I have spent way to much time trying to get courier running only to find that (a) it doesn't work and (b) it doesn't seem to be able to fetch mail from an external server. I then installed fetchmail, but can't find any howtos on installing it as a service, or any clear explanation of how it plays alongside courier or any other imap server. The absolute #1 consideration is that the system must be easy to set up and easy to move to another machine when the time comes. smtp is not important at the moment because the isp smtp service usually works. Any advice very much appreciated. Robert -- Robert Persson Conspiracy Bears: Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... -- [email protected] mailing list
