On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:18:41PM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest a suckless mail server? > > We need encrypted IMAP and SMTP. Or a suckless tool chain which achieves > the above (e.g. instead SSL aware IMAP server, rsync a maildir from > server machine to local machine) > > Thanks for any suggestions where to look into or if you share your > experience..
qmail is what I use. I know plenty of people who have magical recipes involving that, dovecot, and tons of other tools. There is no good answer. Maybe Christoph will release rohrpost, if that's an actual thing, and not just a header modification in his copy of Applemail. I recommend you start by reading lifewithqmail or such, so you can understand the scope of the pain in the ass you're in for. The advantage to qmail is you can tar the whole thing up and drop it on another machine if you need to; other MTAs tend to scatter shit all over the filesystem. If you can get away with it, absolutely avoid IMAP and running an SMTP service. That will get you involved with the nightmare of extortion and shitty programming that comprises current SSL implementations. I recommend people just get shell access to the mailhost. The sysadmin should just install all the MUAs supported by your operating system and let the users use whatever the hell they're comfortable with; there are no good MUAs. People who insist on using phones or desktop mail clients can use things like maildirsync to bring their mail to the local system, or else forward their mail to whatever garbage they currently use. You can investigate opensmtpd, which the openbsd people are developing. It's supposedly nearing a stable release. I don't use it because there are some missing pieces I rely on; however, it may suit your needs.
