I have done something similar but have a dedicated box to be my mail server running the setup decribed here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email_System_for_the_Home_Network is works very,very well and is based on Gentoo.
> Right I'm looking for a little advice on how to set up a mail server. > > I've got two systems (laptop & desktop) both which need to access the > same pop3 account and I need the emails to show up on both of them, so > both systems have full access to the the past messages and can send and > receive them from the account. > > The desktop is running Linux (Mdk/Mdv) I was thinking the best way to do > this might be to set up an IMAP mail server on the desktop which then > thunderbird on both the desktop and laptop would access. I'd then need > to use something to grab the emails from the web based pop server and > add them to the imap server. I also want to use spamassassin in there is > well. > > Can any one suggest a good method of doing this and what > applications/mail servers would be best to do this? If any one can think > of a better method I'd love to hear it. > > > Chad > > > >
