| sean finney on Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:59:04 -0400 |
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hi dan,
i think what you ought to do really depends on your needs. do you
want to be able to access your email remotely from elsewhere in
the world, where ssh'ing to your box wouldn't suffice? is this
a service you want to provide for other people? is security
a concern? do you only want to be able to send mail?
i'd recommend against either pop or imap by themselves, as they involve
the passing of secrets in cleartext, allowing anyone who cares enough
to listen access to your services. instead, assuming something like
postfix won't work for you, you should install an ssl-encrypted version
of whatever you choose. from what i understand pop3 is going the way
of the dodo in favor of imap[1], but they both work quite well and there
are several software packages that you can use. i can't recommend any
of them personally because i just use postfix on the machines of mine
that need a server[2].
sean
[1] in fact this is completely baseless, someone please correct me :)
[2] meaning sending and recieving mail. if just sending to another
mailhub, ssmtp is really nice and simple.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 02:33:12PM -0400, Dan Roberts wrote:
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> hey all. I want to run a mail server on my box, and am having a hard time
> finding a pop server... or if I actually have one installed, starting it. i
> feel like such a tool asking this, but any thoughts? its a rather beginner
> question but nonetheless i cannot find even a howto on it... (links
> appreciated). Also, if anyone has a preference between pop and imap, please
> lemme know.
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> dan
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