--On Monday, June 27, 2005 17:51:59 +0100 James M0TJC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I have just setup a new domain name, with my ISP, and I have some choices
on the email side.
I can either use POP3 to download, or, have the mails forwarded to my
static IP.
Which software would I need for this? I'm assuming that It's something
like sendmail or fetchmail or similar?
Any advice appreciated!
Go for it and have a bit of fun but expect a learning curve.
I do this and use Postfix. If you only have the one box that will probably
do it but if you have multiple boxen you might want to run an IMAP server
such as cyrus so that all the mail is kept on the one machine and you can
access it from any box. In my case I do this so I can access my mail from
the main machine or my laptop over the wireless network and my wife can get
her mail via her laptop which runs windows.
New email accounts can be created willie nillie, for example both our dogs
have their own accounts (don't ask why) but they are even subscribed to a
couple of mailing lists.
Having got that working you can then use your own antivirus of choice and
setup your own spam rules or software.
The downside is that at this stage if a lot of spam etc gets through you
only have yourself to blame.
If you just want to get your mail use fetchmail, if you want to experiment
go for setting up your own server.
Have fun
Nigel
PS. Forgot to mention my favourite. If you use cyrus IMAP you can use SIEVE
filtering which filters your email on your server before you access it
rather than having your client thrash about trying to filter 600 messages
when you connect.
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