[gentoo-user] modest mail server for home network

[Robert Persson]

I want to set up a very modest home mail server that will collect emails from 
other pop3 servers and make them available to 2 or 3 users using 1 or more 
different clients on 2 or 3 computers. I have become very confused by the 
various howtos. Even the gentoo ones, which on other subjects are usually 
very good, in this case assume an awful lot of arcane knowledge and also say 
preposterous things, such as that xyz server is easy to set up when it quite 
plainly isn't.

I have spent way to much time trying to get courier running only to find that 
(a) it doesn't work and (b) it doesn't seem to be able to fetch mail from an 
external server. I then installed fetchmail, but can't find any howtos on 
installing it as a service, or any clear explanation of how it plays 
alongside courier or any other imap server.

The absolute #1 consideration is that the system must be easy to set up and 
easy to move to another machine when the time comes. 

smtp is not important at the moment because the isp smtp service usually 
works.

Any advice very much appreciated.

Robert
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