[geeks] Running a mailserver (was: Building a local IMAP server on OpenIndiana)

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Quoth Mike F ...

> I used Postfix for the MTA and Dovecot for IMAP, plus 
> Squirrelmail for occasional web mail usage. IIRC, I built all 
> from source, either due to lack of pre-built packages, 
> outdated packages, or for customizability.
> 
> This setup worked very well served off my home connection, 
> but the uphill battle against spam drove me to move to Google 
> Apps eventually. 

I ran a Postfix mailserver at home for some years.  Although it did serve
normal mail for my family and a few friends, my real reason for running it
was to bait spammers.  I had a lot of fun with that.

-Shel