If I were you, I would familiarize myself with Sendmail since it's very, very
common. Get yourself a good book because Sendmail is not known for it's user
friendly configuration... After that, try Postfix and marvel at its ease of
use and performance.
Sincerely,
Richard Morgan
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Quoting Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com>:
> I am about to begin teaching myself the in's and out's of setting up
> a Linux mail server. After doing a little research, I've learned that
> there are a few different MTA's that I could use like Sendmail,
> Postfix, Courier, etc. In order to help me figure out with which one
> I should familiarize myself, I would like to hear any insight from
> those of you that have experience with this sort of thing. What are
> some pros and/or cons of the various MTA's? Which currently have good
> momentum in being adopted in the IT world? What is stable and secure?
>
> One area I would like to apply my e-mail server knowledge (once I
> aquire it) is to give my parents greater flexibility with how they
> can check their e-mail at home. They have 1 Linux box and 1 Windows
> box and there is currently no easy way for them to check the same
> e-mail account from either machine while allowing both machines to
> remain synchronized with their ISP's e-mail server. My idea is to set
> up an IMAP server on their Linux box that will automatically download
> mail from their ISP's POP3 e-mail account and serve it via IMAP to
> both computers on their LAN. Does that sound feasible?
>
> Thanks in advance for your guidance!
> -Jonathon
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