From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 23 14:58:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B1E16A4D0 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:58:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from host.idesigns.net (host.idesigns.net [209.239.38.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEF4C43D1D for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:58:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ct-seymour2d-19.wtrbct.adelphia.net [68.71.172.19]) by host.idesigns.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3NEwnIm018446 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:58:51 -0400 Message-ID: <426A62B1.2020903@schmittnet.com> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:58:57 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Need help setting up an IMAP Server on a local network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:58:53 -0000 I would like to set up an IMAP server on a FreeBSD box for my home network. I don't have a lot of depth in this area, so could really use some help or pointers to "how to" pages. Searching the web and reading the documentation has left a couple of gaps that I would appreciate someone filling in. Most of what I've found seems to concentrate on running internet connected servers with "real" domain names on them, and this would sit in the local network with a separate router/firewall connecting the local network to a cable connection. The FreeBSD box is not normally visible to the outside world. For my primary mail, I have POP and SMTP services running at the hosting company for my domain. The access that I have to that machine is restricted to pop, ftp, etc. I do not have telnet access. It appears that I would use something like fetchmail to get the mail from that server (if someone thinks there is a better tool, I'm not committed to it). Several of the mailboxes I have are used by people outside the home network, so I would leave those alone and only process a select list. I intend to try openxchange locally, if that impacts anything. I'd like to be able to retrieve mail occasionally from some other servers, like my ISP, though I don't use that often, so it isn't as important. SMTP is where I start to bog down. I would like to have mail sent out from this central point, as well, but don't know where to start. If I have to configure the various email clients to send directly I will, but that seems like a partial solution. I also use the FreeBSD box as a sandbox for trying things that will be put on a web connected server. That box has postfix and courier-IMAP installed, so if I could use those applications in the mix, I would like to, but that is not a firm requirement if someone has a good reason that I shouldn't. I did replace sendmail with postfix on the box a while ago, but haven't used it for anything. Any suggestions, recommendations, pointers, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Bill