[OT] Home Email Servers

[John L Fjellstad]

Mark Greenwood <fatgerman at ntlworld.com> writes:

> So.. what I want to do is to have a server at home. I should be able
> to connect to this server via ssh from anywhere (I already have
> dynamic DNS and the server, I just need to know what to install on
> it....). This server provides me with IMAP mailbox(es), and collects
> my POP3 mail from my ISP into those mailboxes. It also provides me
> with an SMTP relay server so I can send mail via my ssh connection to
> my ISP. I think the latter can be done somehow with sendmail.. but the
> former..??

It's similar to the setup I had until I put up an external mailserver.

For mailserver, install postfix or exim.  Set up for smart smtp or
whatever they call it.
For retrieving your mail from your ISP, use fetchmail.
For IMAP, I use courierimap. 

Use ssh certificates, and only allow certificate based login.

Actually, for laptop, I actually sync my mailserver with my local mail,
so that I still have access to my mail even if there is no network
connection.  I use offlineimap to sync local/remote imap.

-- 
John L. Fjellstad
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