Re: mailserver absolute noob question

[Thomas <thomasnawrath@alice-dsl.de>]

Mitch Wiedemann wrote:

> Thomas wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hi there.
> >
> > I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can
> > receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3
> > (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they
> > seemed way too complicated. The howtos i saw included spamfilters,
> > anitivr software and page after page of config file hacking.
> >
> > What i am really looking for is a simple mailserver that i can install
> > by apt-get something and then configure by a gui/web interface (if
> > necessary at all). Then connect to it with my thunderbird and lets go.
> >
> > So far, exim4 was installed on my sarge by default, although i dont
> > know what that means.
> > If i startup mutt with any user, it says 'no mailbox'.
> > This didnt ever disturb me, but now i should think of what that means...
> >
> > Thanks for hints,
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> >    
>
> I wrote the following howto:
> http://ithacafreesoftware.org/Members/mitch/notebook/debian/mailserver
>
> It includes a very basic setup of Postfix (SMTP), Dovecot (pop and
> Imap), and Squirrelmail (Web e-mail).
>
> Good luck.
>
>  
The howto looks very good to me, i will go for this.
Thanks a lot,

Thomas