On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:01:49 +0200
Peter Vos <peter.vos@dns.be> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to install a mailserver on a home network.
> It is connected to the internet with an OpenBSD firewall (pf),
> that I would also like to use as mailserver.
> I'm not using my own domain, but want to get email from the
> ISP, and make it available to the users on the internal network.
>
> Why do I want this?
> Some multiboot machines are used internally, making me want
> to have a mailserver that stores all email, so that anyone
> can read their email (and have their mailfolders accessible)
> whatever machine they're working on, in whatever OS.
>
> Are there any people around who have a similar configuration,
> and would like to share what they are using and why?
> (qmail, procmail, courier, postfix, sendmail...?
> pop3 or imap?)
>
I have a similar configuration. The reason I chose my configuration was
that I found it simple (ah, such a relative term) to set up.

My mail is retreived from my ISP using fetchmail.

I use postfix on my Unix boxes because I understood the documentation.

One Unix box is the mail server for my LAN and defined with an MX record
on my DNS server. (openBSD of course!)

Unix users are aliased so that mail from any Unix box on the LAN ends up
on the mail server.

PC/Unix users use IMAP clients to get their mail off the mail server.
Sylpheed, Thunderbird, and Evolution are used (whatever the kid wants).

There is an imap server running on the mail server.

It all works pretty well. The only complaint is that I poll every 20
minutes which is too long when someone is eagerly expecting a mail
message.

Its interesting learning how all the pieces fit together and the things
you can do.