Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:26:48 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> Subject: Re: mail server/webmail Message-ID: <49F0B2E8.4020501@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <49F0B1F7.9030109@isafeelin.org> References: <b121fe570904231039n7841e61o52d7e48bc836bd88@mail.gmail.com> <49F0B1F7.9030109@isafeelin.org>
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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). If one is going that far, I'd recommend: http://www.thenetworkpeople.biz/internet/mail/toaster/ I've been using them for many years, for thousands of accounts across hundreds of domains, and it just works. Steve
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