I've always thought fetchmail would be a good fit for this sort of stuff. However, the FAQ's say that it doesn't support Hotmail, so it may not fit the bill exactly.
Gmail fits any pop3 mail agent so that wouldn't be a bit of trouble. Having a quick look at your suggestion however also seems a good fit and would do the job. Haven't gone into the gory details tho'. /paul On 12/27/05, Rod Engelsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should probably ask this on a regular Linux list, and I may very well > do just that, but I thought I would start here for the heck of it. > > Here's what I would like to do. I have my small home network -- three > computers, firewall, router, & printer -- and I would like to set up > some sort of mail agent that would check all our family's email > accounts, retrieve the mail, and then make it available via a local IMAP > server. The (external) email accounts are POP3, IMAP, Hotmail, and > Gmail. That way I could have a consistent view of my email regardless of > which computer I was using. > > I will probably buy an old, otherwise obsolete, machine for the purpose > from a local shop. Something like a P-II. Totally non-GUI server setup. > > I've been googling on this subject, and it looks like Courier may fit > the bill, but the docs assume a fairly high level of knowledge so I > don't know how hard it would be to set up. > > Any wisdom would be appreciated. Thanks, guys. > > -- > > Rod >
