[SATLUG] Setting up email server

[Samuel Leon]

Daniel J. Givens wrote:
> Brad Knowles wrote:
>> Dovecot is a good POP3/IMAP server (by all reports), and shouldn't 
>> require much additional configuration, although you should probably 
>> set everything up to use only encrypted/authenticated channels.
>
> I just setup Dovecot on a client's system last weekend. The 
> documentation for it is absolute crap, even for FOSS. If you're only 
> doing one domain, then it's fairly straight forward. Where it gets 
> muddy is when setting up virtual domains w/ virtual users. I spent 
> more time trying to figure out their documentation than actually 
> configuring the services.
>
>> On the webmail side, there are many options. Some like IMP/Horde, 
>> others like SquirrelMail, and I prefer TWIG.
>
> Have you tried Roundcube at all? I really like it and have been using 
> it for at least a year or more.
>
> I'm in the same boat with sending and receiving mail. I have my own 
> mail server and domain and store the mail here. I am on a residential 
> connection though and can't receive mail directly, nor send it out. 
> The solution I've found was to use my ISP's SMTP server as a 
> smarthost, where all outbound mail is forwarded through their server. 
> They don't care what domain it's coming from or going to, so it works.
>
> For incoming mail, I use forwards at the domain level. So my address 
> gets forwarded to my Gmail account, since there's plenty of space and 
> I can get POP3 access. I use fetchmail at the server to pull my mail 
> down from the Gmail account. It then goes through my sieve rules on 
> its way through Cyrus to my mailbox. I can then access my mail, fully 
> sorted and spam filtered, via IMAP locally, or by webmail using 
> Roundcube.
>
> Hope that gives you some ideas on how to proceed.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel

Thanks guys I will look into this.  I am sure I will have more questions 
as I get further along.


Sam