o1bigtenor via Dng said on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:17:45 -0600 >Greetings > >Started way back when when I got to the web full-time using webmail. >Haven't ever setup an email system and AIUI it is a system - - - there >are a lot of parts that have to work together to have everything >working well. > >A mentor, now deceased, recommended using Claws but even that's not all >that's needed for an email system. So - - - I'm looking for >recommendations on what and how to setup an email system. The why >you're using what you are is vitally important for me (as are my >security and privacy).
If you mean an SMTP server, I don't know. If you mean a setup to receive and send email, carefully read the following URL: http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm Especially important is the block diagram labeled "Desktop Email Architecture: Procmail Handles Filters, Dovecot Handles Folders" Research the workings of all those blocks on the diagram. Setting up a system like this is not easy, but it makes your future life easy: * Dovecot frees your email client from storing messages. * Which means you can change email clients at will. * Dovecot can handle hundreds of thousands, probably millions of msgs. * Procmail filtering frees your email client from filtering. * Which means you can change email clients at will. * Fetchmail is an ancient program that "just works every time." - If you want a more modern one, maybe getmail. - Fetchmail's always worked for me. * Backing up your Dovecot IMAP server is just a simple dir tree backup. * To get expert help, Dovecot and Claws-Mail have mailing lists. Procmail and Fetchmail have man pages and documentation all over the web. * I've been using this setup for well over six years, and it's never screwed up on me, except once after a major Dovecot upgrade, and that was solved quickly using advice from the Dovecot mailing list. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
