mail server

[marcusbrutus]

Hi. I am relatively new in linux servers. I just wish to ask which would be the best and yet easiest to manage mail server that would be compatible with kmail and outlook?

Thanks.

[A.Serbinski]

You actually need TWO servers... an SMTP server and a POP3 or IMAP server (most likely you'd be interested in POP3 over IMAP). The "standard" SMTP server is "sendmail", which is already installed and running on your fedora system. It will require additional configuration to be suitable for interacting with the rest of the world though. An alternative to sendmail that many people like is "postfix", generally considered to be easier to configure. Postfix is also available in the default repositories, but probably not installed by default.

Next you'll want to install and configure "dovecot", which is an imap/pop3 server, which is necessary in order for email clients to retrieve emails that have been received by the SMTP server.

Your more-or-less default configuration of these programs will require each email user to have a login account on the system, however with a little work, you can configure an email system for users without system accounts.

[marcusbrutus]

Hi Serbinski. Thanks for the info. I will try it.