From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 18:31:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51D6F1065673 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from imedmobility.com (host-50.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A6188FC27 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from midco.net (host-67-54-107-208.midco.net [208.107.54.67]) by imedmobility.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 352F81173C54 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:31:09 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <49F0B3DF.9040607@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:30:55 -0500 From: Adam Vande More User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49F0B1F7.9030109@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <49F0B1F7.9030109@isafeelin.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: mail server/webmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:31:10 -0000 Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > Liontaur wrote: >> Hi folks, I was searching around but i'm not quite sure what i'm looking >> for. I want to have a program that gets the mail from my ISP mail server >> (pop), stores the mail permanently, allows me webmail access, and >> also lets >> me grab the mail with a mail client (Outlook Express). I'd like to be >> able >> to sync the mail with outlook express also. Like if I send a mail over >> webmail, that sent mail will also go into the sent box in outlook >> express, >> or conversly, perhaps store all the mail on the server and have outlook >> express just show the folders and contents stored on the server. But i'd >> have to somehow upload all of the mail currently in my outlook >> express. I'll >> also need some kind of spam functionality as I get a sizable amount >> of spam. >> Currently I use K9 for spam and I quite like it. > I guess you could start to look in the area of: > > - /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail (to fetch/store the mail) > - /usr/ports/mail/dovecot (for access to the mail via imap) > - /usr/ports/mail/squirremail or roundcube (webmail w/ imap) > - /usr/ports/www/apache22 for the webmail > > As you're then using IMAP, any client that connects to dovecot will > get the same set of mailfolders (sync). > > > -- Frederique > I've not used roundcube, but horde imp is a also an IMAP webmail client, and I find to be be a much better client than squirrelmail.