[geeks] Building a local IMAP server on OpenIndiana

[Mark Benson]

On 19/11/13 19:21, Mike F wrote:
> I used to serve mail for my domain on an Ultra 60 running Solaris. 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 to lack of pre-built packages, outdated packages, or for 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. If the Mavericks Mail.app is good enough at 
> spam classification, it may not be an issue.

I don't want to download, process or send mail, just store it in an IMAP 
structure so that any mail client can access it and use it to store 
messages 'offline' via a garden-variety mail client. I also don't (at 
least immediately) require access from outside my LAN. Being up to 
date/secure/customisable isn't al arge concern either.

My intention is to replace Mavericks' Mail client with a 3rd party app 
called AirMail which is a very lightweight client but relies on 'cloud' 
storage for the mail folders. As such it will connect and use IMAP mail 
folders. The idea is to transfer the mail archives to IMAP to prevent me 
having another round of 'lock-in' which I currently have due to my 
existing archive being in Mail in OS X and not accessible from other 
clients.

I know, I am probably attacking this bass-ackwards but it seemed like a 
sensible solution.

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Mark Benson